SSG Landers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 4/19/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

ByungHo Park and the KT Wiz (4-5, 7th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (8-3, 1st in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

SSG is slugging .364 and have struck out 70 times, while being walked on 49 occasions. They have accrued 42 RBI's and 90 hits on the year, and their batting average is sitting at .247. The Landers have accumulated 17 doubles as a unit and have smacked 8 balls out of the park. They have a total of 48 runs scored and have an OBP of .341. As a team, the SSG Landers are scoring 4.4 runs per contest, which is 5th in the league.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. In his career, Choi has drilled 16 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 137 runs. For his career, he stepped up to the plate 1,745 times and has notched a base hit 427 times. Choi has a batting average of .277 in his time in baseball, in addition to 242 runs scored and an OPS of .718. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .375 in addition to having tallied 578 bases. He has been struck out 232 times and has walked on 141 at-bats, contributing to a .343 on-base percentage.

The Landers have stolen 7 bases and have been thrown out 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 46.2%. The SSG Landers have a tally of 297 putouts so far this season, in addition to 115 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .983 which puts them in 2nd in Korean baseball and have accumulated 11 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.88 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.21. Landers pitchers have given up 8 home runs and also 36 total runs (10th in KBO). SSG has relinquished 72 base hits (6.5 per 9 innings) as well as 33 earned runs. The Landers have an ERA of 3.00 on the season (3rd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 90 hitters.

The Wiz have a team slugging percentage of .413 and they are recording 5.70 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have recorded 22 doubles, while taking a walk 28 times and putting up 57 runs. KT has 8 home runs on the campaign to go along with 55 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 88 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have totaled 105 base hits. The KT Wiz have tallied a team on-base percentage of .328 in addition to a batting average of .280 on the year.

ByungHo Park is a hitter who should impact this game for KT. Park has recorded a walk 21 times while fanning on 80 attempts. He has compiled 28 runs and also has 24 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .275 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .684. He has gone yard 12 times, in addition to having 88 total bases and a .409 slugging percentage. During the 215 at-bats in his pro career, Park has an average at the plate of .191 with 41 hits.

Of their 17 chances at getting a steal, they have been successful 16 times and been caught 1 time (5.9% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have twisted 14 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (3rd in KBO). The Wiz have recorded 102 assists, 7 errors and have accumulated 276 putouts over the course of the season.

The KT pitching staff have yielded 48 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.50 (46 earned runs conceded). They have given up 5 long balls and they relinquish 4.70 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.457 and have a FIP of 4.70 as a unit so far this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.06 (74 strikeouts against 36 free passes). They rank 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 98.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG

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