KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/25/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, August 25, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Min Suk Kim and the Lotte Giants (50-54, 7th in KBO) will play the KT Wiz (59-46, 2nd in KBO) on Friday, August 25, 2023.

KT has a slugging % of .371 and have struck out 823 times, while getting the free base on 372 occasions. They have tallied 467 runs batted in as well as 993 hits on the year, while their average at the plate sits at .267. The Wiz have tallied 177 doubles as a unit and have knocked 63 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 508 runs while holding a team OBP of .336. As a team, the KT Wiz are scoring 4.8 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 3rd in KBO.

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Sung-Woo Jang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Jang has hit .253 for his career, in addition to 293 scored runs and an OPS of .710. He has fanned 585 times and has gotten a free base on 326 at-bats, contributing to a .330 OBP. In his career, Jang has drilled 85 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 416 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .380 and he has a total of 1,069 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 3,227 times and has delivered a hit 712 times.

The KT Wiz have accounted for 2,877 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 998 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding rate is at .980 which is 6th in KBO and have accumulated 84 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 78 bags and have been thrown out 10 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 11.4%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.42 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.35. Wiz pitchers have allowed 70 home runs and also 471 runs in total (5th in baseball). KT has relinquished 998 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) and 433 earned runs. The Wiz have compiled a team ERA of 4.06 on the season (3rd in KBO), and the staff has struck out 726 hitters.

The Lotte Giants have compiled a team OBP of .337 and a team batting average of .262 so far this season. They have been rung up on 717 occasions (6th in KBO) and have tallied 917 base hits. Lotte has 52 home runs on the year to go along with 439 runs batted in. The Giants have a SLG% of .360 and they score 4.55 runs per game (5th in baseball). They have put up 159 doubles, while walking 389 times and scoring 473 runs.

Min Suk Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. During the 381 official at-bats in his career, Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .268 with 102 base knocks. He has hit a home run 4 times, in addition to having 136 total bases and a .357 slugging %. Kim has recorded a walk 30 times while fanning on 105 occasions. He has amassed 58 runs and has 36 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .322 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .679.

Of their 95 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 64 times and been caught 31 times (32.6% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 80 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .982 (1st in Korean baseball). The Giants have racked up 991 assists, 70 errors and have a tally of 2,773 putouts over the course of the season.

The Lotte pitching staff have given up 502 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.39 (451 earned runs allowed). They have given up 61 home runs and they surrender 4.89 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.503 in addition to having a FIP of 4.89 as a pitching staff for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.85 (753 strikeouts against 406 bases on balls). They rank 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 983.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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