Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/16/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (+120) KT (-144)

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where Won Jun Choi and the KT Wiz (24-14, 1st in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (18-21, 7th in KBO) on Saturday, May 16, 2026. The Eagles open this game at +120 while the Wiz are priced at -144. The O/U has been set at 8.5.

As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 6.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 1st in baseball. They have racked up 247 runs scored and hold an OBP of .364. The Eagles have hit 59 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 45 balls out of the park. They have 231 RBI's as well as 395 hits on the year, and their team batting average sits at .281. Hanwha has a slugging percentage of .429 and have struck out 294 times, while being walked on 167 occasions.

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Hyun Bin Moon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For his career, Moon has hit 29 balls out of the park while knocking in 204 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .426 and he has racked up 581 bases. For his time in the league, he came to bat 1,538 times and came through with a base hit 400 times. He has been struck out 237 times and earned a walk on 122 at-bats, contributing to a .356 on-base percentage. Moon has hit .293 for his baseball career, with 174 scored runs and an OPS of .782.

The Hanwha Eagles have 1,047 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 360 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .976 which is 9th in the league and they have turned 42 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 16 bags and have been caught 7 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 30.4%.

The Eagles have compiled a team ERA of 5.11 so far this year (9th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 300 batters. Hanwha has allowed 367 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 198 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.53 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.61. Eagles pitchers have conceded 30 home runs in addition to 230 runs in total (1st in KBO).

KT is sitting with 32 long balls over the course of the season in addition to 218 runs batted in. They have recorded 64 two-baggers, while taking a walk 184 times and racking up 228 runs. The KT Wiz have an OBP of .372 and a batting average of .285 this year. The Wiz have a team slugging percentage of .410 and they are scoring 5.85 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They have been rung up on 297 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have a total of 392 hits.

Won Jun Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Choi has earned a free base 243 times while going down on strikes on 368 chances. His on-base percentage sits at .357 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .743. In the 2,496 official at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has hit .288 in addition to having 719 hits. He has accounted for 405 runs in addition to having earned 259 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 26 times, with 964 total bases and also a .386 slugging percentage.

The KT Wiz have turned 38 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (5th in the league). Out of their 39 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 32 times and been caught 7 times (17.9% caught stealing percentage). The Wiz have recorded 399 assists, 25 errors and have 1,060 putouts during this campaign.

The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.371 in addition to having a FIP of 4.61 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.71 (322 strikeouts against 119 walks). They have a ranking of 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 365. They have given up 30 home runs and they concede 4.61 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO). The KT pitching staff have relinquished 181 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.18 (164 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT (-144)

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