KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/26/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, May 26, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Anthony Alford and the KT Wiz (13-26, 10th in KBO) are headed to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Friday, May 26, 2023, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (18-22, 7th in KBO).

KT has a slugging % of .354 and have been rung up 327 times, while being walked on 149 occasions. They have amassed 167 RBI's and 374 base knocks so far this year, and their team batting average is at .258. The Wiz have recorded 67 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 23 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 180 runs and have an on-base percentage of .330. As a team, the KT Wiz are knocking in 4.4 runs/g, which has them sitting at 5th in KBO.

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Anthony Alford is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Alford has recorded a batting average of .266 in his time in baseball, in addition to 515 scored runs and an OPS of .778. He has gone down on strikes 942 times and earned a walk on 373 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .355 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Alford has drilled 88 balls out of the park while driving in 359 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .422 and he has totaled 1,270 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 3,452 times and has come through with a hit 800 times.

The KT Wiz have 1,101 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 381 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .980 which ranks 3rd in KBO and have a total of 35 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 38 bases and have been thrown out 3 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 7.3%.

The Wiz hold a team ERA of 4.83 so far this season (10th in KBO), and they have rung up 280 batters. KT has allowed 424 base hits (10.4 per 9 innings) and 197 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.22 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 30 home runs and 213 runs (1st in baseball).

Samsung has compiled 29 home runs on the season and 164 RBIs. They have hit 53 two-baggers, while getting a free base 135 times as well as racking up 173 runs. The Samsung Lions hold a team on-base percentage of .320 and a batting average of .248 on the season. The Lions have a team slugging % of .357 and they score 4.33 runs per game (6th in the league). They have been rung up on 284 instances (8th in the league) and are sitting with 339 base knocks.

Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Over the course of the 3,908 at-bats in his career, Koo has earned a batting average of .312 with 1,221 base hits. He has hit a home run 126 times, as well as 1,945 bases in total and also a .498 slugging %. Koo has drawn a free base 391 times while going down on strikes on 782 attempts. He has a total of 747 runs and also has 621 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .378 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .876.

In their 26 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 17 times and been caught 9 times (34.6% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 27 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (1st in the league). The Lions have recorded 384 assists, 17 errors and have notched a total of 1,081 putouts this season.

The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 198 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.77 (191 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 30 HR's and they allow 4.95 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.461 and have a FIP of 4.95 as a staff on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.03 (286 strikeouts against 141 free passes). They are sitting at 3rd in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 385.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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