Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where ByungHo Park and the KT Wiz (26-34, 8th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (32-28, 4th in KBO) on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

The Giants have accumulated 86 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 25 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .352 and have been rung up 415 times, while being walked on 219 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are earning 4.6 runs/g, which puts them at 4th in baseball. They have accrued 254 RBI's and 528 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate comes in at .261. They have notched a total of 277 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .333.

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Chi-Hong Ahn is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his professional baseball career, Ahn has hit 134 baseballs out of the park while driving in 810 runs. His career slugging percentage is .437 and he has a total of 2,388 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 6,204 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,624 times. He has gone down on strikes 820 times and has gotten a free base on 525 at-bats, contributing to a .362 OBP. Ahn has recorded a batting average of .297 for his baseball career, in addition to 802 runs scored and an OPS of .799.

The Giants have swiped 46 bags and have been thrown out 18 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 28.1%. The Lotte Giants have a total of 1,618 putouts this year, in addition to 551 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .986 which is 1st in the league and they have twisted 43 double plays.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.26 for the season (7th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 461 hitters. Giants pitchers have yielded 36 long balls and also 271 runs in total (6th in the league). Lotte has allowed 561 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 255 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.91 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.49.

The Wiz hold a team SLG% of .357 and they are recording 4.53 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have 99 two-baggers, while taking a walk 229 times and putting up 281 runs. KT has recorded 35 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 261 RBIs. They have struck out on 492 instances (3rd in the league) and have accounted for 562 base knocks. The KT Wiz hold an on-base percentage of .331 as well as a team batting average of .258 on the year.

ByungHo Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Park has drawn a walk 769 times while striking out on 1,641 tries. He has scored 975 runs in addition to having 1,158 RBIs. His OBP sits at .371 and he has a career OPS of .854. He has hit it out of the park 391 times, with 2,923 bases in total and also a .535 slugging percentage. For the 5,463 at-bats in his professional career, Park has recorded a batting average of .271 and has racked up 1,481 hits.

Of their 52 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 47 times and been caught 5 times (9.6% caught stealing rate). The KT Wiz have twisted 51 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Wiz have recorded 576 assists, 43 errors and have notched a total of 1,671 putouts so far this season.

The KT pitching staff have surrendered 313 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.64 (287 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 45 long balls and they give up 5.06 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.458 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.06 as a squad this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 (425 strikeouts vs 193 bases on balls). They are sitting at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 619.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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