KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/30/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: KT Wiz vs Kia Tigers
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: TVING
Do Yeong Kim and the Kia Tigers (21-9, 1st in KBO) play the KT Wiz (11-20, 9th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
The Wiz have tallied 43 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 35 balls out of the park. KT is slugging .417 and have struck out 255 times, while being walked on 115 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are putting up 5.4 runs/g, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They have compiled 164 RBI's and 321 hits for the year, while their batting average is .281. They have earned a total of 173 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .349.

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Baek Ho Kang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Kang is sitting with a batting avereage of .312 in his time in baseball, in addition to 429 runs scored and an OPS of .893. He has struck out 519 times and has taken a walk on 344 occasions, contributing to a .392 on-base %. In his career, Kang has hit 105 balls out of the park while knocking in 438 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .501 in addition to racking up 1,299 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 2,973 times and has delivered with a hit 808 times.
The Wiz have stolen 42 bases and have been thrown out 6 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 12.5%. The KT Wiz have accounted for 841 putouts on the year, in addition to 285 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which has them sitting 4th in KBO and have 21 double plays.
The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 6.30 so far this season (10th in KBO), and they have struck out 246 hitters. Wiz pitchers have yielded 33 long balls and 205 runs (1st in KBO). KT has given up 346 base hits (11.1 per 9 innings) and also 196 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.18 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.64.
The Kia Tigers are sitting with an OBP of .376 in addition to a team batting average of .298 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 183 occasions (10th in baseball) and have a total of 317 base knocks. Kia has 32 home runs for the year in addition to 173 RBIs. The Tigers have a SLG% of .453 and they score 6.10 runs per game (1st in KBO). They have 61 doubles, while walking 123 times and putting up 183 runs.
Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim has earned a walk 68 times while being called out on strikes on 151 occasions. He is sitting with 137 runs and has 92 runs batted in. His OBP is .353 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .811. He has homered 20 times, with 316 bases in total and a .458 slugging percentage. In the 690 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .287 and has racked up 198 hits.
Of their 35 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 29 times and been caught 6 times (17.1% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 28 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .971 (10th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 290 assists, 33 errors and have earned 800 putouts for the season.
The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.450 and have a FIP of 4.73 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.02 (248 strikeouts against 123 walks). They rank 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 263. They have yielded 24 HR's and they relinquish 4.73 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 140 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 3.75 (111 earned runs allowed).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kia and under the total runs
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