Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/1/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs KT Wiz

Date: Thursday, August 1, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Baek Ho Kang and the KT Wiz (49-48, 5th in KBO) host the Hanwha Eagles (41-53, 9th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Thursday, August 1, 2024.

As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are knocking in 5.2 runs per outing, which is 8th in baseball. They have 494 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .348. The Eagles have accumulated 149 doubles as a squad and have hit 83 balls out of the park. They have 464 runs batted in and 897 base knocks on the season, while their batting average comes in at .269. Hanwha has a slugging % of .396 and have struck out 714 times, while drawing a walk on 360 occasions.

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Chi Hong An is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Ahn has a batting average of .297 for his career in baseball, with 886 runs scored and an OPS of .799. He has struck out 906 times and has been walked on 589 occasions, contributing to a .363 OBP. In his career, Ahn has hit 150 baseballs over the fence while driving in 892 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .436 and he has accumulated 2,635 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 6,862 times and has notched a hit 1,796 times.

The Eagles have stolen 86 bases and have been caught 29 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.2%. The Hanwha Eagles have earned a total of 2,551 putouts so far this season, as well as 902 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 4th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 91 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.04 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54. Eagles pitchers have conceded 81 home runs and 515 runs in total (7th in the league). Hanwha has allowed 948 base hits (10.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 468 earned runs. The Eagles hold a team earned run average of 4.95 so far this year (6th in the league), and their staff has struck out 731 hitters.

The Wiz have a slugging percentage of .412 and they are recording 5.25 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have 151 two-baggers, while walking 405 times as well as scoring 520 runs. KT is sitting with 104 home runs this season to go along with 485 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 787 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have earned a total of 944 hits. The KT Wiz have tallied an OBP of .352 as well as a team batting average of .272 for the year.

Baek Ho Kang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Kang has earned a walk 378 times while fanning on 577 plate appearances. He has amassed 478 runs in addition to having 479 runs batted in. His on-base % is .390 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .891. He has homered 118 times, with 1,428 bases in total and a .501 slugging percentage. In the 2,851 official at-bats in his pro career, Kang has recorded a batting average of .310 with 884 hits.

The KT Wiz have turned 75 double plays and have a fielding rate of .977 (8th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have accrued 881 assists, 82 errors and have 2,638 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 126 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 98 times and been caught 28 times (22.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.477 in addition to having a FIP of 5.73 as a pitching staff so far this year. They rank 1st in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 976. The KT pitching staff have yielded 560 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 5.21 (509 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 (765 strikeouts against 322 free passes). They have given up 101 long balls and they surrender 5.73 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha

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