Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 4/2/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (5-1, 2nd in KBO) are headed to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (1-7, 10th in KBO).

The Tigers have compiled 18 doubles as a team and have hit 3 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging rate of .417 and have been called out on strikes 35 times, while getting the free base on 24 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.0 runs/g, which has them at 6th in baseball. They have compiled 29 runs batted in in addition to 58 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .284. They have 30 runs scored while having a team OBP of .371.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. In his career, Choi has drilled 375 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,547 runs. His slugging percentage is .532 in addition to racking up 3,979 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 8,760 times and has delivered with a base hit 2,328 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,323 times and has taken a walk on 1,082 occasions, contributing to a .402 OBP. Choi has hit .312 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,227 scored runs and an OPS of .934.

The Tigers have stolen 1 bags and have been gunned down 2 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 66.7%. The Kia Tigers have amassed 159 putouts on the campaign, as well as 54 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .964 which ranks 10th in KBO and have accumulated 5 double plays.

The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 2.89 so far this season (1st in baseball), and their staff has rung up 58 hitters. Tigers pitchers have yielded 5 home runs in addition to 21 runs in total (10th in the league). Kia has surrendered 39 base knocks (6.6 per 9 innings) as well as 17 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.87 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.32.

The Wiz hold a team SLG% of .397 and they have an average of 5.13 runs per contest (5th in the league). The have tallied 6 two-baggers, while walking 27 times as well as scoring 41 runs. KT has accumulated 9 HRs on the campaign to go along with 41 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 70 instances (1st in KBO) and have tallied 85 base hits. The KT Wiz have an on-base percentage of .355 in addition to a team batting average of .286 for the year.

Jung Dae Bae is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. For the 2,090 official at-bats in his career, Bae has accrued an average at the plate of .267 with 557 base hits. He has hit a home run 35 times, as well as 770 total bases and also a .368 slugging %. Bae has recorded a walk 240 times while fanning on 552 tries. He has scored 322 runs and racked up 246 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .347 and he has a career OPS of .715.

The KT Wiz have twisted 8 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (6th in KBO). The Wiz have accrued 76 assists, 7 errors and have notched a total of 212 putouts so far this year. Of their 6 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 5 times and been caught 1 time (16.7% caught stealing rate).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.895 with a FIP of 8.66 as a unit on the season. They are sitting at 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 101. The KT pitching staff have relinquished 68 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 8.72 (68 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.03 (65 strikeouts against 32 free passes). They have yielded 10 dingers and they surrender 8.66 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia

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