Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/31/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz

Date: Thursday, August 31, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where Sang-soo Kim and the KT Wiz (62-47, 2nd in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (48-61, 8th in KBO) on Thursday, August 31, 2023.

Samsung is slugging .374 and have been called out on strikes 735 times, while drawing a walk on 357 occasions. They have 467 runs batted in as well as 1,009 hits so far this year, while their batting average is at .266. The Lions have recorded 169 two-baggers as a team and have hit 69 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 492 runs and hold an OBP of .335. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are knocking in 4.5 runs per outing, which ranks them 5th in baseball.

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Jae Hyeon Lee is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Lee has recorded a batting average of .244 for his baseball career, with 68 scored runs and an OPS of .657. He has fanned 114 times and has walked on 38 occasions, which contributes in part to a .292 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Lee has hit 17 baseballs out of the park while driving in 67 runs. His slugging percentage is .365 and he has a total of 214 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 647 times and has delivered with a hit 143 times.

The Samsung Lions have earned a total of 2,953 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,091 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which ranks 2nd in KBO and have accumulated 89 double plays. The Lions have swiped 56 bases and have been caught 23 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.1%.

The Lions hold a team earned run average of 4.59 for the year (10th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 704 hitters. Lions pitchers have given up 91 home runs and 555 runs in total (2nd in baseball). Samsung has relinquished 1,091 base knocks (10.0 per 9 innings) and also 502 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.03 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The KT Wiz hold a team on-base percentage of .335 as well as a team batting average of .268 so far this season. They have been rung up on 857 occasions (3rd in the league) and are sitting with 1,034 base hits. KT has compiled 64 HRs for the season in addition to 479 RBIs. The Wiz hold a team slugging percentage of .372 and they are scoring 4.72 runs per contest (4th in KBO). The have tallied 188 doubles, while walking 379 times and notching 524 runs.

Sang-soo Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. Over the course of the 5,438 at-bats in his career, Kim has an average at the plate of .271 and has racked up 1,474 hits. He has gone yard 56 times, in addition to having 1,951 total bases and also a .359 slugging %. Kim has recorded a walk 527 times while striking out on 817 chances. He has scored 798 runs in addition to having 591 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .343 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .702.

Out of their 90 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 80 times and been caught 10 times (11.1% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have twisted 91 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in the league). The Wiz have racked up 1,036 assists, 83 errors and have a tally of 2,985 putouts so far this season.

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.353 and have a FIP of 4.40 as a staff so far this year. They come in at 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,033. The KT pitching staff have allowed 486 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.03 (446 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.40 (751 strikeouts against 313 free passes). They have relinquished 70 dingers and they allow 4.40 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take KT and under the total runs

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