Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/17/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Baek Ho Kang and the KT Wiz (23-33, 9th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (25-33, 8th in KBO) on Saturday, June 17, 2023.

The Lions have earned 75 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 41 balls out of the stadium. Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .354 and have struck out 401 times, while taking a walk on 190 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are notching 4.2 runs per outing, which is 6th in the league. They have 229 runs batted in and 493 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate is .249. They have racked up 241 runs and have an on-base percentage of .321.

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Jose Pirela is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Pirela has drilled 203 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 1,037 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 8,901 times and has delivered a base knock 2,283 times. Pirela is sitting with a batting avereage of .286 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,262 runs scored and an OPS of .786. His career slugging percentage is .436 and he has racked up 3,476 bases. He has been struck out 1,273 times and has taken a walk on 712 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .350 on-base %.

The Lions have swiped 26 bases and have been caught 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.7%. The Samsung Lions have earned a total of 1,560 putouts this year, as well as 557 assists and 28 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which has them sitting 1st in KBO and have accumulated 40 double plays.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.78 this year (10th in the league), and their staff has rung up 401 batters. Samsung has conceded 557 hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 276 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.05 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.45. Lions pitchers have allowed 46 home runs and also 291 total runs (2nd in KBO).

KT has accounted for 32 home runs on the year as well as 239 runs batted in. They have recorded 91 two-baggers, while walking 218 times as well as putting up 256 runs. The KT Wiz have accounted for a team OBP of .330 in addition to a batting average of .255 so far this year. The Wiz have a team slugging % of .352 and they have an average of 4.41 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 468 occasions (3rd in the league) and have earned a total of 520 hits.

Baek Ho Kang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Kang has drawn a free base 329 times while going down on strikes on 472 occasions. He has accumulated 402 runs in addition to having 398 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .396 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .895. He has hit a home run 92 times, with 1,197 total bases and a .499 slugging percentage. For the 2,399 official at-bats in his professional career, Kang has hit .313 in addition to 752 base knocks.

The KT Wiz have turned 48 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in the league). The Wiz have recorded 540 assists, 39 errors and have 1,563 putouts so far this year. In their 46 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 42 times and been caught 4 times (8.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.468 with a FIP of 5.04 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 1st in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 581. The KT pitching staff have surrendered 292 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.65 (269 earned runs yielded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.15 (396 strikeouts vs 184 bases on balls). They have given up 43 dingers and they surrender 5.04 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung

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