KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/28/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears
Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea
TV: SPO-2T
Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (30-23, 2nd in KBO) play the KT Wiz (23-28, 7th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
As a team, the KT Wiz are notching 5.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in the league. They have earned 285 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .356. The Wiz have recorded 81 doubles as a squad and have hit 51 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 262 RBI's in addition to 518 hits for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .281. KT has a slugging percentage of .413 and have struck out 406 times, while being walked on 208 occasions.
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Mel Rojas is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. In his career, Rojas has hit 241 balls over the fence while knocking in 978 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped into the batters box 7,487 times and also came through with a base hit 1,823 times. Rojas has earned a batting average of .276 for his baseball career, with 964 scored runs and an OPS of .809. He has earned a slugging percentage of .456 and he has a total of 3,014 bases. He has struck out 1,593 times and has taken a walk on 746 occasions, which has contributed to a .353 OBP.
The Wiz have swiped 58 bases and have been caught 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 18.3%. The KT Wiz have a tally of 1,384 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 460 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which puts them in 3rd in Korean baseball and have earned 41 double plays.
The Wiz hold a team earned run average of 5.64 this year (10th in the league), and their staff has rung up 406 batters. Wiz pitchers have conceded 55 home runs and also 307 total runs (2nd in KBO). KT has conceded 533 base hits (10.4 per 9 innings) and 289 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.26 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.55.
Doosan has hit 59 long balls on the year in addition to 292 RBIs. They have hit 91 doubles, while taking a walk 186 times as well as putting up 306 runs. The Doosan Bears have an on-base percentage of .349 as well as a batting average of .281 this year. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .435 and they are recording 5.56 runs per outing (3rd in KBO). They have struck out on 394 occasions (6th in KBO) and have accounted for 531 hits.
Jae Hwan Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kim has earned a walk 644 times while being called out on strikes on 1,136 tries. He is sitting with 745 runs in addition to having 876 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .375 and he holds a career OPS of .885. He has hit a home run 246 times, with 2,261 total bases and a .510 slugging percentage. In the 4,435 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has earned a batting average of .283 in addition to 1,255 hits.
The Doosan Bears have turned 49 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in Korean baseball). The Bears have recorded 500 assists, 42 errors and have amassed 1,473 putouts so far this season. In their 36 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 30 times and been caught 6 times (16.7% caught stealing percentage).
The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.462 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.82 as a unit this year. They come in at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 507. The Doosan pitching staff have surrendered 263 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.25 (232 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.88 (397 strikeouts against 211 walks). They have surrendered 46 HR's and they yield 4.82 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league).
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan
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