Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz Prediction, 7/30/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz

Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the venue where Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (48-48, 5th in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (40-53, 9th in KBO) on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are knocking in 5.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in the league. They have racked up 485 runs while holding a team OBP of .348. The Eagles have accounted for 146 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 81 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 456 runs batted in and 886 hits so far this year, and their batting average is sitting at .268. Hanwha has a slugging % of .395 and have struck out 709 times, while drawing a walk on 355 occasions.

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Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Noh has hit .264 for his baseball career, with 319 runs scored and an OPS of .788. He has struck out 592 times and has taken a walk on 273 occasions, contributing to a .350 on-base percentage. In his career, Noh has hit 86 balls out of the park while knocking in 361 runs. His career slugging percentage is .438 in addition to having tallied 966 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 2,517 times and has come through with a base hit 583 times.

The Hanwha Eagles are sitting with 2,524 putouts thus far, in addition to 890 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .980 which has them sitting 4th in the league and have accumulated 88 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 84 bags and have been caught 28 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.0%.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.07 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.53. Eagles pitchers have allowed 79 long balls and also 509 total runs (7th in KBO). Hanwha has conceded 939 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 462 earned runs. The Eagles have compiled a team ERA of 4.94 this year (6th in the league), and the staff has rung up 727 hitters.

KT has recorded 103 HRs on the campaign in addition to 481 runs batted in. They have hit 149 doubles, while taking a walk 405 times as well as earning 516 runs. The KT Wiz have accumulated an OBP of .352 in addition to a batting average of .272 so far this year. The Wiz have a team SLG% of .411 and they score 5.27 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They have struck out on 777 instances (3rd in KBO) and are sitting with 932 base hits.

Jae-gyun Hwang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. In the 7,491 at-bats in his career, Hwang has compiled an average at the plate of .287 in addition to having 2,153 hits. He has homered 218 times, with 3,304 bases in total and a .441 slugging percentage. Hwang has tallied a free base 703 times while being called out on strikes on 1,412 plate appearances. He has recorded 1,108 runs in addition to having earned 1,070 RBIs. His on-base % is .351 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .441.

The KT Wiz have turned 74 double plays and have a fielding rate of .977 (8th in KBO). The Wiz have accrued 872 assists, 82 errors and have a tally of 2,611 putouts during this campaign. In their 125 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 97 times and been caught 28 times (22.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.480 and have a FIP of 5.76 as a team on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.36 (759 strikeouts vs 321 walks). They come in at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 967. They have given up 99 long balls and they surrender 5.76 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The KT pitching staff have allowed 557 runs this season while holding an ERA of 5.24 (507 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha

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