Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

ByungHo Park and the KT Wiz (58-46, 2nd in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (48-49, 6th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Wednesday, August 23, 2023.

Kia has a slugging rate of .383 and have been called out on strikes 681 times, while taking a walk on 354 occasions. They have compiled 447 RBI's as well as 914 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate is .269. The Tigers have tallied 151 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 68 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 480 runs and have an on-base percentage of .341. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.9 runs per game, which is 2nd in the league.

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Socrates Brito is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Brito has accrued an average at the plate of .282 for his career, with 874 runs scored and an OPS of .768. He has struck out 1,250 times and has gotten a free base on 449 occasions, contributing to a .334 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Brito has drilled 132 baseballs out of the park while driving in 752 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .434 in addition to having tallied 2,524 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 6,351 times and has delivered with a hit 1,638 times.

The Tigers have swiped 67 bases and have been thrown out 21 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 23.9%. The Kia Tigers have amassed 2,626 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 898 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding rate is at .980 which puts them in 5th in the league and have accumulated 92 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.72 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.44. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 58 home runs and 441 runs in total (8th in the league). Kia has surrendered 855 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 393 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 4.04 on the campaign (3rd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 704 batters.

KT is sitting with 63 home runs for the year and 461 RBIs. They have 176 doubles, while taking a walk 371 times as well as putting up 500 runs. The KT Wiz have an OBP of .336 and a team batting average of .267 for the year. The Wiz hold a team SLG% of .372 and they score 4.72 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have been rung up on 815 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have earned a total of 984 base hits.

ByungHo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Park has earned a free base 782 times while fanning on 1,670 tries. His on-base percentage comes in at .372 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .897. For the 5,589 official at-bats in his pro career, Park has recorded a batting average of .272 and has racked up 1,522 base knocks. He has accrued 986 runs and has 1,186 runs batted in. He has homered 395 times, as well as 2,983 total bases and also a .534 slugging percentage.

The KT Wiz have turned 84 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .980 (6th in KBO). The Wiz have racked up 992 assists, 80 errors and have notched a total of 2,850 putouts so far this season. Out of their 88 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 78 times and been caught 10 times (11.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.356 in addition to having a FIP of 4.42 as a squad on the campaign. They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 991. The KT pitching staff have conceded 467 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.06 (429 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.41 (717 strikeouts against 297 walks). They have allowed 69 long balls and they give up 4.42 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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