Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz Prediction, 3/27/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (74-68, 5th in KBO last year) head to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (79-62, 2nd in KBO last season).

The Bears accumulated 210 doubles as a squad and hit 100 balls out of the stadium. Doosan had a slugging rate of .373 and were called out on strikes 975 times, while getting the free base on 505 occasions. As a squad, the Doosan Bears notched 4.3 runs per game, which had them at 8th in the league. They recorded 565 runs batted in as well as 1,238 hits for the previous season, while their average at the plate came in at .255. They tallied 620 runs scored and held an OBP of .332.

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Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Ho has slapped 54 baseballs out of the park while driving in 577 runs. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 5,264 times and has delivered with a hit 1,358 times. Ho has an average at the plate of .292 for his career, with 698 scored runs and an OPS of .741. His slugging percentage is .386 and he has totaled 1,797 bases. He has struck out 417 times and has walked on 372 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .355 OBP.

The Doosan Bears had 3,854 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,300 assists and 114 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .978 which was 7th in the league and earned 108 double plays. The Bears stole 60 bases and were caught 40 times, which means their caught stealing percentage came in at 40.0%.

The Bears held a team ERA of 3.92 last season (3rd in KBO), and their staff struck out 1,013 batters. Doosan yielded 1,245 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 560 earned runs. They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02 and the pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.36. They walked 501 opposing hitters and their FIP was 4.38 as a team in the previous season.

KT recorded 89 home runs during the previous year and 621 RBIs. They hit 235 two-baggers, while getting a free base 524 times as well as scoring 672 runs. The KT Wiz had an OBP of .338 as well as a batting average of .265 over the course of last year. The Wiz held a team slugging % of .371 and they averaged 4.67 runs per game (4th in the league). They were called out on strikes on 1,074 instances (3rd in KBO) and totaled 1,316 base knocks.

Sang-soo Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Kim has recorded a free base 539 times while fanning on 831 occasions. He has accrued 812 runs and has 605 runs batted in. His OBP is .342 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .701. He has homered 58 times, with 1,986 total bases and a .359 slugging percentage. For the 5,538 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .271 in addition to having 1,499 base knocks.

The KT Wiz turned 117 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .981 (1st in Korean baseball). The Wiz had 1,354 assists, 99 errors and a tally of 3,861 putouts during the previous year. Out of their 134 attempts at getting a steal, they were successful 111 times and were caught 23 times (17.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz had a team WHIP of 1.351 and had a FIP of 4.31 as a team last season. They finished at 5th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,326. The KT pitching staff conceded 616 runs for the previous season while having a team ERA of 3.94 (564 earned runs conceded). They earned a K/BB ratio of 2.34 (968 strikeouts against 413 walks). They relinquished 83 HR's and they conceded 4.31 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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