SSG Landers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/2/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Sang-soo Kim and the KT Wiz (43-43, 5th in KBO) will take on the SSG Landers (49-35, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.

SSG has a slugging % of .399 and have been rung up 575 times, while taking a walk on 307 occasions. They have accrued 377 RBI's as well as 752 hits on the season, and their team batting average is .260. The Landers have tallied 136 doubles as a squad and have hit 83 balls out of the park. They have racked up 400 runs scored while having a team OBP of .337. As a unit, the SSG Landers are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in baseball.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. Park has earned a batting average of .281 for his career, with 170 scored runs and an OPS of .722. He has struck out 228 times and has taken a walk on 170 occasions, contributing to a .361 on-base %. In his career, Park has drilled 13 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 141 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .361 and he has totaled 489 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to the plate 1,556 times and has reached base with a base hit 381 times.

The Landers have swiped 70 bases and have been caught 29 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 29.3%. The SSG Landers are sitting with 2,275 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 876 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which puts them in 7th in KBO and have accumulated 85 double plays.

The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.11 this season (7th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 583 hitters. Landers pitchers have relinquished 61 long balls and also 384 runs in total (5th in KBO). SSG has conceded 778 base knocks (9.2 per 9 innings) as well as 346 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.59 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51.

KT has hit 49 home runs on the season to go along with 383 runs batted in. They have hit 147 doubles, while getting a free base 320 times and recording 413 runs. The KT Wiz have earned a team OBP of .338 in addition to a team batting average of .267 on the season. The Wiz have a team SLG% of .367 and they average 4.69 runs per outing (3rd in the league). They have struck out on 690 occasions (3rd in the league) and have accounted for 827 base knocks.

Sang-soo Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. For the 5,371 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has hit .272 in addition to having 1,463 base knocks. He has gone deep 56 times, as well as 1,936 total bases and also a .360 slugging percentage. Kim has tallied a walk 519 times while going down on strikes on 802 attempts. He has scored 792 runs and has 583 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .344 and he also has a career OPS of .704.

The KT Wiz have turned 67 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (6th in KBO). The Wiz have accrued 844 assists, 65 errors and have a total of 2,367 putouts on the season. Out of their 73 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 65 times and been caught 8 times (11.0% caught stealing rate).

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.389 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.68 as a team on the season. They have a ranking of 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 840. The KT pitching staff have given up 410 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.30 (377 earned runs allowed). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.35 (602 strikeouts against 256 bases on balls). They have given up 59 homers and they surrender 4.68 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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