KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/11/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (19-19, 5th in KBO) will take on the KT Wiz (15-21, 8th in KBO) on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

The Wiz have accounted for 53 two-baggers as a team and have hit 39 balls out of the stadium. KT has a slugging rate of .418 and have been called out on strikes 281 times, while taking a walk on 134 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are recording 5.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 3rd in baseball. They have accounted for 192 runs batted in and 374 base knocks for the year, while their batting average comes in at .284. They are sitting with 205 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .351.

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Baek Ho Kang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for KT. In his professional baseball career, Kang has hit 106 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 443 runs. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 3,003 times and has delivered with a base hit 819 times. Kang is sitting with a batting avereage of .313 for his career in baseball, with 436 scored runs and an OPS of .894. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .502 and he has racked up 1,316 bases. He has been struck out 523 times and has gotten a free base on 346 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .392 on-base %.

The Wiz have swiped 44 bases and have been thrown out 7 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 13.7%. The KT Wiz have accounted for 976 putouts for the season, as well as 328 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which has them ranked 3rd in Korean baseball and have a total of 23 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.31 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.58. Wiz pitchers have allowed 40 home runs in addition to 226 runs in total (1st in KBO). KT has surrendered 391 hits (10.8 per 9 innings) and 217 earned runs. The Wiz have compiled a team ERA of 6.01 this year (10th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 287 hitters.

The Bears have a team SLG% of .424 and they tally 5.39 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have hit 61 doubles, while taking a walk 126 times as well as earning 205 runs. Doosan has hit 40 home runs on the season as well as 193 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 283 instances (2nd in the league) and have totaled 351 hits. The Doosan Bears have recorded a team on-base percentage of .340 and a team batting average of .273 for the season.

Kyeong-min Ho is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Ho has drawn a walk 383 times while fanning on 427 attempts. He has scored 721 runs and also has 592 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .357 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .743. He has hit it out of the park 54 times, with 1,846 total bases and also a .386 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 4,780 official at-bats in his pro career, Ho has hit .293 with 1,400 hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 35 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (7th in the league). The Bears have accrued 341 assists, 31 errors and have notched a total of 1,005 putouts for the year. Out of their 25 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 23 times and been caught 2 times (8.0% caught stealing rate).

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.513 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.16 as a unit on the year. They are sitting at 5th in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 350. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 192 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.46 (166 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.79 (281 strikeouts against 157 free passes). They have surrendered 30 long balls and they concede 5.16 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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