Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/20/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Sung-Woo Jang and the KT Wiz (26-34, 8th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (32-28, 4th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Tuesday, June 20, 2023.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.6 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 4th in baseball. They have earned 277 runs scored while having a team OBP of .333. The Giants have tallied 86 doubles as a squad and have hit 25 balls out of the park. They have tallied 254 runs batted in and 528 hits over the course of the season, while their team batting average is .261. Lotte is slugging .352 and have been called out on strikes 415 times, while drawing a walk on 219 occasions.

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Kang Nam Yoo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Yoo has hit 105 baseballs over the fence while driving in 467 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 3,524 times and has notched a hit 835 times. Yoo has compiled an average at the plate of .265 for his baseball career, with 359 runs scored and an OPS of .740. His slugging percentage is .411 and he has racked up 1,295 bases. He has been struck out 629 times and has walked on 219 occasions, which contributes in part to a .329 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have earned a total of 1,618 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 551 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which puts them in 1st in KBO and they have turned 43 double plays. The Giants have stolen 46 bases and have been gunned down 18 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 28.1%.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.26 on the campaign (7th in the league), and the staff has struck out 461 hitters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 36 long balls and also 271 runs (6th in the league). Lotte has given up 561 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 255 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.91 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.49.

KT has accounted for 35 long balls for the year as well as 261 RBIs. They have hit 99 doubles, while taking a walk 229 times as well as racking up 281 runs. The KT Wiz have earned an OBP of .331 in addition to a batting average of .258 for the year. The Wiz have a team slugging percentage of .357 and they average 4.53 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have struck out on 492 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 562 base hits.

Sung-Woo Jang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Jang has drawn a walk 325 times while striking out on 596 attempts. He has tallied 286 runs and racked up 408 runs batted in. His on-base % is .331 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .378. He has hit a home run 82 times, with 1,059 total bases and a .378 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 2,798 official at-bats in his pro career, Jang has hit .254 and has racked up 710 base hits.

In their 52 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 47 times and been caught 5 times (9.6% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have twisted 51 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Wiz have racked up 576 assists, 43 errors and have accounted for 1,671 putouts so far this season.

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.458 and have a FIP of 5.06 as a pitching staff this year. They are currently ranked 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 619. The KT pitching staff have conceded 313 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.64 (287 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.20 (425 strikeouts against 193 walks). They have relinquished 45 homers and they surrender 5.06 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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