Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/15/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (13-25, 10th in KBO) are headed to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, where they'll meet the KT Wiz (17-24, 7th in KBO).

As a squad, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 10th in the league. They are sitting with 179 runs scored and hold an OBP of .336. The Giants have tallied 71 doubles as a unit and have smacked 27 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 167 RBI's and 374 base knocks this season, while their average at the plate is at .271. Lotte has a slugging % of .398 and have struck out 315 times, while getting the free base on 121 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jeon is sitting with a batting avereage of .300 for his time in baseball, with 1,015 scored runs and an OPS of .830. He has struck out 1,027 times and has taken a walk on 566 at-bats, contributing to a .364 on-base percentage. For his career, Jeon has hit 202 balls over the fence while knocking in 917 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .466 and he has racked up 2,885 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 6,947 times and has come through with a hit 1,860 times.

The Lotte Giants have amassed 1,027 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 394 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .978 which ranks 6th in KBO and they have turned 37 double plays. The Giants have swiped 30 bases and have been gunned down 17 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 36.2%.

They have a K/BB ratio of 2.02 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.59. Giants pitchers have conceded 41 long balls and 212 total runs (5th in the league). Lotte has surrendered 400 hits (10.5 per 9 innings) as well as 195 earned runs. The Giants have a team earned run average of 5.13 for the year (6th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 289 batters.

The KT Wiz have earned a team OBP of .351 in addition to a team batting average of .283 for the year. They have struck out on 323 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have tallied 425 hits. KT has compiled 43 home runs for the season as well as 211 runs batted in. The Wiz have a SLG% of .415 and they are recording 5.45 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have put up 61 two-baggers, while walking 152 times as well as notching 229 runs.

Baek Ho Kang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. During the 2,639 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kang has compiled an average at the plate of .314 with 828 base hits. He has hit a home run 107 times, as well as 1,331 total bases and a .504 slugging percentage. Kang has recorded a free base 346 times while going down on strikes on 524 occasions. He has amassed 440 runs in addition to having earned 449 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .393 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .897.

In their 61 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 52 times and been caught 9 times (14.8% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have turned 34 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (3rd in KBO). The Wiz have accrued 380 assists, 29 errors and have accounted for 1,108 putouts on the season.

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.615 with a FIP of 6.36 as a staff for the year. They sit at 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 449. The KT pitching staff have relinquished 261 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 6.07 (249 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.18 (321 strikeouts vs 147 walks). They have relinquished 49 HR's and they concede 6.36 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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