KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/1/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: KT (-132) Doosan (+110)

Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (12-17, 8th in KBO) play the KT Wiz (15-14, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, May 1, 2025. The Bears open this game at +110 while the Wiz are coming in at -132. The total has been set at 8.

KT is slugging .334 and have been rung up 217 times, while drawing a walk on 119 occasions. They have recorded 105 runs batted in in addition to 238 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is sitting at .240. The Wiz have accounted for 44 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 14 balls out of the stadium. They have 113 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .325. As a team, the KT Wiz are putting up 3.8 runs per outing, which is 10th in KBO.

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Mel Rojas is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. For his professional baseball career, Rojas has hit 265 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,064 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 8,049 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,977 times. Rojas has accumulated a batting average of .279 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,054 runs scored and an OPS of .818. His slugging percentage is .462 and he has racked up 3,270 bases. He has fanned 1,689 times and has been walked on 817 occasions, contributing to a .356 OBP.

The Wiz have swiped 36 bags and have been caught 12 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.0%. The KT Wiz have earned 810 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 302 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .986 which has them sitting 3rd in the league and they have turned 19 double plays.

The Wiz have a team earned run average of 2.83 this year (1st in baseball), and the staff has rung up 249 batters. KT has allowed 229 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and also 85 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.86 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.17. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 20 home runs and 96 total runs (9th in KBO).

Doosan has recorded 17 long balls on the campaign as well as 131 RBIs. They have recorded 53 two-baggers, while taking a walk 107 times and earning 142 runs. The Doosan Bears have earned an on-base percentage of .340 in addition to a batting average of .262 on the year. The Bears have a team SLG% of .383 and they are scoring 4.90 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They have struck out on 246 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have a total of 260 hits.

Ui-ji Yang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Yang has earned a free base 683 times while going down on strikes on 774 occasions. He has accrued 890 runs and racked up 1,123 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .389 and he has a career OPS of .887. He has homered 265 times, in addition to having 2,989 bases in total and a .498 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 5,997 official at-bats in his professional career, Yang has accumulated a batting average of .307 with 1,840 hits.

Of their 32 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 21 times and been caught 11 times (34.4% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 22 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .978 (6th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 248 assists, 23 errors and have notched a total of 765 putouts this year.

The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 141 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.31 (122 earned runs given up). They have surrendered 16 dingers and they relinquish 4.98 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.431 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.98 as a unit on the season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.95 (222 strikeouts vs 114 free passes). They sit at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 251.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan (+110)

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