KT Wiz vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/18/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, August 18, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Si Hwan Roh and the Hanwha Eagles (41-52, 8th in KBO) will take on the KT Wiz (55-45, 3rd in KBO) on Friday, August 18, 2023.

The Wiz have hit 165 doubles as a team and have knocked 56 balls out of the stadium. KT has a slugging rate of .366 and have been rung up 784 times, while taking a walk on 361 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are recording 4.7 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They have tallied 440 RBI's as well as 945 hits so far this season, while their team batting average is sitting at .267. They are sitting with 477 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .337.

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Sung-Woo Jang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Jang has hit .252 for his time in baseball, in addition to 297 runs scored and an OPS of .732. He has gone down on strikes 617 times and has taken a walk on 337 occasions, contributing to a .329 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Jang has hit 84 balls out of the park while knocking in 419 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .375 in addition to earning 1,088 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 3,324 times and has delivered with a base knock 731 times.

The KT Wiz have earned a total of 2,742 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 953 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which puts them in 7th in the league and they have twisted 81 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 76 bases and have been caught 10 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 11.6%.

The Wiz have a team earned run average of 4.01 on the season (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 687 hitters. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 66 home runs and also 444 runs in total (5th in baseball). KT has yielded 949 base hits (9.3 per 9 innings) and 407 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.40 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35.

The Eagles have a team SLG% of .349 and they score 4.18 runs per game (8th in the league). They have put up 144 doubles, while taking a walk 384 times and putting up 414 runs. Hanwha has compiled 71 home runs on the campaign as well as 389 runs batted in. They have struck out on 821 instances (2nd in baseball) and have earned a total of 813 hits. The Hanwha Eagles have recorded an OBP of .325 as well as a batting average of .240 over the course of the season.

Si Hwan Roh is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. For the 1,724 official at-bats in his pro career, Noh has accumulated a batting average of .262 with 452 base hits. He has gone deep 65 times, with 745 total bases and a .432 slugging percentage. Noh has earned a walk 222 times while being called out on strikes on 473 occasions. He has accounted for 242 runs and also has 277 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .349 and he has earned a career OPS of .781.

Of their 98 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 61 times and been caught 37 times (37.8% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 81 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in the league). The Eagles have 961 assists, 70 errors and are sitting with 2,696 putouts on the season.

The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.364 in addition to having a FIP of 4.54 as a unit so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.99 (743 strikeouts vs 373 bases on balls). They are sitting at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 852. They have conceded 61 homers and they allow 4.54 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Hanwha pitching staff have conceded 453 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.12 (411 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha

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