KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Mel Rojas and the KT Wiz (19-27, 8th in KBO) travel to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (26-19, 2nd in KBO).

The Wiz have recorded 69 doubles as a squad and have hit 47 balls out of the park. KT is slugging .413 and have struck out 367 times, while drawing a walk on 183 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are scoring 5.5 runs per game, which has them at 4th in the league. They have 237 RBI's and 471 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .282. They have 257 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .355.

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Mel Rojas is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. For his professional baseball career, Rojas has hit 240 balls out of the park while knocking in 971 runs. His career slugging percentage is .456 and he has totaled 2,999 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 7,462 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,814 times. He has struck out 1,590 times and earned a walk on 745 occasions, contributing to a .352 OBP. Rojas has compiled an average at the plate of .276 for his career in baseball, in addition to 960 runs scored and an OPS of .808.

The Wiz have stolen 56 bags and have been caught 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 18.8%. The KT Wiz have 1,243 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 418 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .980 which has them ranked 4th in KBO and they have turned 36 double plays.

The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.96 on the season (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 362 batters. KT has surrendered 491 hits (10.7 per 9 innings) and 274 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.14 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.59. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 53 home runs and 291 runs in total (1st in baseball).

Samsung has tallied 47 HRs this season and 227 RBIs. They have recorded 79 doubles, while taking a walk 186 times and scoring 238 runs. The Samsung Lions have compiled a team OBP of .353 and a team batting average of .270 over the course of the season. The Lions hold a team slugging % of .411 and they average 5.17 runs per contest (6th in KBO). They have been rung up on 359 occasions (4th in the league) and have earned 436 base hits.

Ja Wook Koo is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Koo has drawn a free base 438 times while going down on strikes on 867 attempts. His OBP is .381 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .880. In the 4,384 at-bats in his pro career, Koo is sitting with a batting avereage of .315 in addition to having 1,379 hits. He has a total of 817 runs and also has 704 runs batted in. He has gone yard 142 times, as well as 2,187 total bases and a .499 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 31 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in the league). The Lions have racked up 388 assists, 27 errors and are sitting with 1,250 putouts this year. Out of their 62 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 43 times and been caught 19 times (30.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.432 and have a FIP of 4.88 as a team this year. They are sitting at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 429. The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 226 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 4.65 (215 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.99 (333 strikeouts against 167 bases on balls). They have surrendered 50 dingers and they allow 4.88 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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