Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/19/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, April 19, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (9-12, 8th in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (12-6, 2nd in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, April 19, 2024.

Kiwoom is slugging .457 and have struck out 135 times, while getting the free base on 58 occasions. They have compiled 107 RBI's in addition to 180 hits on the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .287. The Heroes have recorded 29 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 24 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 112 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .354. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are recording 6.2 runs per contest, which is 1st in the league.

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Whee Jip Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has a batting average of .228 for his baseball career, in addition to 104 runs scored and an OPS of .670. He has been struck out 254 times and has gotten a free base on 104 occasions, contributing to a .325 on-base percentage. For his career, Kim has drilled 19 baseballs out of the park while driving in 110 runs. His slugging percentage is .345 and he has accumulated 289 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 988 times and got on base with a hit 191 times.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned 477 putouts so far this season, in addition to 173 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which has them ranked 3rd in the league and they have turned 18 double plays. The Heroes have stolen 13 bases and have been caught 5 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 27.8%.

The Heroes are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.36 so far this season (4th in the league), and their staff has struck out 119 batters. Kiwoom has surrendered 150 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and 77 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.68 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.39. Heroes pitchers have yielded 18 long balls in addition to 84 runs in total (9th in the league).

Doosan is sitting with 21 home runs on the campaign and 95 RBIs. They have put up 32 doubles, while taking a walk 80 times and scoring 102 runs. The Doosan Bears have a team OBP of .323 as well as a batting average of .244 on the season. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .398 and they score 4.86 runs per contest (9th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 179 occasions (1st in KBO) and have earned a total of 169 hits.

Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Kim has drawn a walk 630 times while striking out on 1,100 occasions. His OBP sits at .376 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .885. For the 4,326 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .283 and has racked up 1,226 base knocks. He has scored 726 runs and has 855 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 238 times, as well as 2,201 total bases and a .509 slugging %.

Out of their 14 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 14 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have turned 15 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (8th in the league). The Bears have accrued 178 assists, 18 errors and have notched a total of 555 putouts on the season.

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.497 in addition to having a FIP of 5.16 as a staff this year. They rank 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 192. The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 106 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.57 (94 earned runs conceded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.96 (167 strikeouts vs 85 bases on balls). They have given up 17 dingers and they allow 5.16 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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