KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/17/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, August 17, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Sang-soo Kim and the KT Wiz (54-45, 3rd in KBO) are headed to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, August 17, 2023, where they'll meet the Doosan Bears (49-48, 5th in KBO).

The Wiz have compiled 164 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 55 balls out of the park. KT has a slugging rate of .367 and have been rung up 778 times, while drawing a walk on 357 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are putting up 4.7 runs per contest, which puts them at 3rd in the league. They have accounted for 436 runs batted in as well as 940 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is .268. They have notched a total of 472 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .337.

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Sang-soo Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. In his professional baseball career, Kim has slapped 56 baseballs over the fence while driving in 585 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .358 and he has a total of 1,939 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to the plate 6,201 times and has delivered a base hit 1,466 times. He has been struck out 811 times and earned a walk on 524 at-bats, contributing to a .343 on-base percentage. Kim has hit .271 for his career in baseball, with 795 runs scored and an OPS of .701.

The KT Wiz are sitting with 2,715 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 947 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which is 7th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 79 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 76 bases and have been thrown out 10 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 11.6%.

The Wiz have a team earned run average of 4.03 this year (6th in baseball), and they have struck out 677 hitters. KT has given up 941 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 405 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.38 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.35. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 65 home runs in addition to 442 runs in total (5th in baseball).

Doosan has hit 68 home runs for the season in addition to 372 RBIs. They have hit 139 doubles, while walking 339 times and putting up 406 runs. The Doosan Bears are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .329 in addition to a team batting average of .252 so far this year. The Bears have a team slugging % of .369 and they score 4.14 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have been rung up on 660 instances (7th in baseball) and have accounted for 831 base knocks.

Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Ho has earned a free base 363 times while going down on strikes on 409 plate appearances. He has accounted for 685 runs in addition to having 562 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .356 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .742. He has gone yard 51 times, with 1,749 total bases and also a .386 slugging percentage. For the 4,536 at-bats in his professional career, Ho has accrued an average at the plate of .292 with 1,325 hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 74 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in KBO). The Bears have recorded 867 assists, 77 errors and have accounted for 2,620 putouts during this campaign. In their 67 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 36 times and been caught 31 times (46.3% caught stealing rate).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.356 in addition to having a FIP of 4.52 as a team so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.11 (705 strikeouts against 334 bases on balls). They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 850. They have allowed 59 homers and they relinquish 4.52 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 439 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.02 (390 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan

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