Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz Prediction, 7/31/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Mel Rojas and the KT Wiz (49-48, 5th in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (41-53, 9th in KBO) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

The Eagles have accounted for 149 doubles as a unit and have smacked 83 balls out of the park. Hanwha has a slugging % of .396 and have been called out on strikes 714 times, while drawing a walk on 360 occasions. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are knocking in 5.2 runs per game, which puts them at 8th in KBO. They have recorded 464 runs batted in as well as 897 hits this year, and their team batting average is at .269. They are sitting with 494 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .348.

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Yonathan Perlaza is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Perlaza has hit .274 for his baseball career, with 413 runs scored and an OPS of .812. He has struck out 622 times and has been walked on 298 occasions, contributing to a .353 OBP. For his career, Perlaza has hit 84 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 366 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .459 and he has accumulated 1,124 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 2,785 times and has reached base with a base hit 670 times.

The Eagles have stolen 86 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.2%. The Hanwha Eagles are sitting with 2,551 putouts for the season, in addition to 902 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .980 which is 4th in the league and they have turned 91 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.04 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.54. Eagles pitchers have relinquished 81 long balls in addition to 515 runs in total (7th in the league). Hanwha has conceded 948 base knocks (10.0 per 9 innings) and also 468 earned runs. The Eagles have a team earned run average of 4.95 over the course of the season (6th in the league), and they have struck out 731 hitters.

KT has recorded 104 home runs for the season to go along with 485 runs batted in. They have recorded 151 two-baggers, while taking a walk 405 times and scoring 520 runs. The KT Wiz hold an on-base percentage of .352 as well as a batting average of .272 for the year. The Wiz have a SLG% of .412 and they have an average of 5.25 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have been rung up on 787 occasions (3rd in baseball) and are sitting with 944 base hits.

Mel Rojas is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. For the 6,793 at-bats in his baseball career, Rojas has earned a batting average of .279 with 1,893 hits. He has gone yard 254 times, in addition to having 3,132 total bases and also a .461 slugging percentage. Rojas has earned a walk 769 times while fanning on 1,625 tries. He has compiled 1,004 runs in addition to having earned 1,019 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .355 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .816.

In their 126 chances at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 98 times and been caught 28 times (22.2% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have turned 75 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have 881 assists, 82 errors and have 2,638 putouts during this campaign.

The KT pitching staff have yielded 560 runs on the year while having an ERA of 5.21 (509 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 101 HR's and they allow 5.73 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.477 and have a FIP of 5.73 as a team on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.38 (765 strikeouts vs 322 free passes). They are sitting at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 976.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha

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