Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/16/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (25-16, 1st in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (25-19, 3rd in KBO) on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

As a team, the Doosan Bears are compiling 5.7 runs per outing, which puts them at 2nd in KBO. They have racked up 251 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .355. The Bears have hit 76 doubles as a team and have hit 48 balls out of the park. They have amassed 238 runs batted in and 432 hits on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .288. Doosan has a slugging rate of .447 and have been rung up 307 times, while drawing a walk on 148 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Jung has hit 33 balls out of the park while knocking in 509 runs. His slugging percentage is .372 in addition to racking up 1,835 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 5,658 times and has come through with a hit 1,378 times. He has struck out 723 times and has walked on 493 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .351 on-base percentage. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .279 for his career, with 852 runs scored and an OPS of .723.

The Doosan Bears have accumulated 1,167 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 400 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .980 which has them ranked 4th in Korean baseball and have a total of 40 double plays. The Bears have swiped 23 bags and have been thrown out 3 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 11.5%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.86 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.49. Bears pitchers have surrendered 35 long balls and 211 total runs (6th in the league). Doosan has allowed 402 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 184 earned runs. The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.26 on the campaign (4th in the league), and their staff has struck out 327 hitters.

The Kia Tigers have tallied an on-base percentage of .370 and a batting average of .295 on the season. They have struck out on 269 occasions (10th in baseball) and have totaled 428 base hits. Kia has a total of 47 home runs over the course of the season as well as 224 runs batted in. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .451 and they earn 5.73 runs per contest (1st in KBO). They have put up 78 two-baggers, while walking 163 times and scoring 235 runs.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Choi has drawn a free base 1,096 times while being called out on strikes on 1,345 occasions. His OBP is .401 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .934. For the 7,600 official at-bats in his career, Choi has hit .312 and has racked up 2,368 base knocks. He is sitting with 1,250 runs in addition to having 1,578 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 380 times, with 4,044 total bases and a .532 slugging percentage.

Of their 45 attempts at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 35 times and been caught 10 times (22.2% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 36 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .970 (10th in KBO). The Tigers have accrued 413 assists, 47 errors and have notched a total of 1,103 putouts on the season.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.465 and have a FIP of 4.92 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 (319 strikeouts against 166 walks). They are currently ranked 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 372. They have surrendered 34 home runs and they surrender 4.92 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff have relinquished 201 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.90 (159 earned runs given up).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kia and under the total runs

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