Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/17/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (53-56, 6th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (58-54, 4th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are earning 5.6 runs per contest, which has them at 2nd in KBO. They have a total of 639 runs and have an on-base percentage of .355. The Bears have accrued 191 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 121 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 606 RBI's as well as 1,131 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is .285. Doosan is slugging .433 and have been called out on strikes 851 times, while being walked on 401 occasions.

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Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Jung has accumulated a batting average of .280 for his career in baseball, with 897 runs scored and an OPS of .724. He has struck out 758 times and has been walked on 525 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .352 OBP. In his career, Jung has hit 35 balls out of the park while driving in 531 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .372 and he has racked up 1,920 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 5,936 times and has delivered a base knock 1,445 times.

The Bears have swiped 78 bags and have been caught 26 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.0%. The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 3,049 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,007 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which has them ranked 2nd in the league and they have turned 88 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.80 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.51. Bears pitchers have given up 109 long balls and 606 runs (3rd in KBO). Doosan has relinquished 1,060 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 552 earned runs. The Bears have an earned run average of 4.89 this season (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 856 hitters.

KT is sitting with 112 HRs so far this year to go along with 550 runs batted in. They have hit 175 two-baggers, while getting a free base 461 times and racking up 586 runs. The KT Wiz have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .355 in addition to a team batting average of .277 on the season. The Wiz hold a slugging percentage of .412 and they average 5.28 runs per outing (7th in the league). They have been rung up on 888 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have 1,088 base knocks.

Jae-gyun Hwang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. For the 7,538 at-bats in his pro career, Hwang has compiled an average at the plate of .288 with 2,172 hits. He has homered 220 times, in addition to having 3,333 total bases and also a .442 slugging percentage. Hwang has tallied a free base 705 times while fanning on 1,420 chances. He has accounted for 1,115 runs and also has 1,080 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .351 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .442.

The KT Wiz have turned 84 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in the league). The Wiz have 998 assists, 92 errors and have earned 2,965 putouts this season. Of their 137 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 106 times and been caught 31 times (22.6% caught stealing rate).

The Wiz are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.502 in addition to having a FIP of 5.90 as a squad for the year. They are sitting at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,126. The KT pitching staff have given up 648 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 5.36 (588 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.39 (857 strikeouts vs 358 bases on balls). They have given up 120 dingers and they relinquish 5.90 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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