Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 4/3/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz
Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea
TV: TVING
Socrates Brito and the Kia Tigers (5-1, 2nd in KBO) head to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (1-7, 10th in KBO).
The Tigers have earned 18 doubles as a unit and have hit 3 balls out of the park. Kia is slugging .417 and have struck out 35 times, while drawing a walk on 24 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.0 runs per outing, which has them at 6th in baseball. They have earned 29 RBI's as well as 58 base knocks this season, while their team batting average sits at .284. They have tallied 30 runs and hold an OBP of .371.
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Socrates Brito is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Brito is sitting with a batting avereage of .282 for his time in baseball, with 905 runs scored and an OPS of .766. He has struck out 1,273 times and has been walked on 461 occasions, which contributes in part to a .333 OBP. In his career, Brito has hit 136 balls out of the park while knocking in 784 runs. His slugging percentage is .433 and he has totaled 2,603 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 6,564 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,693 times.
The Tigers have stolen 1 bases and have been caught 2 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 66.7%. The Kia Tigers have accumulated 159 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 54 assists and 8 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .964 which has them ranked 10th in KBO and they have turned 5 double plays.
The Tigers have compiled a team ERA of 2.89 over the course of the season (1st in the league), and the staff has struck out 58 hitters. Kia has surrendered 39 base hits (6.6 per 9 innings) and 17 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.87 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.32. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 5 home runs and 21 total runs (10th in the league).
The Wiz hold a slugging % of .397 and they score 5.13 runs per contest (5th in KBO). The have tallied 6 doubles, while taking a walk 27 times as well as putting up 41 runs. KT has tallied 9 long balls so far this year as well as 41 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 70 occasions (1st in KBO) and have 85 hits. The KT Wiz have recorded a team OBP of .355 as well as a team batting average of .286 this year.
Mel Rojas is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Rojas has earned a walk 710 times while striking out on 1,554 tries. His OBP is .351 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .805. For the 6,434 official at-bats in his pro career, Rojas has accrued an average at the plate of .275 in addition to 1,772 hits. He has accounted for 931 runs and has 946 runs batted in. He has homered 233 times, as well as 2,923 total bases and a .454 slugging %.
The KT Wiz have turned 8 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .976 (6th in KBO). The Wiz have racked up 76 assists, 7 errors and have a total of 212 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 6 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 5 times and been caught 1 time (16.7% caught stealing percentage).
The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.895 in addition to having a FIP of 8.66 as a team this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.03 (65 strikeouts against 32 walks). They sit at 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 101. They have given up 10 long balls and they allow 8.66 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The KT pitching staff have given up 68 runs this year while having a team ERA of 8.72 (68 earned runs relinquished).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take KT and under the total runs
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