Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 7/20/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Saturday, July 20, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Chi Hong An and the Hanwha Eagles (38-48, 9th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (52-35, 1st in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Saturday, July 20, 2024.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are scoring 6.0 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in the league. They have accounted for 536 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .369. The Tigers have hit 166 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 101 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 508 runs batted in as well as 945 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is .295. Kia has a slugging % of .452 and have struck out 572 times, while drawing a walk on 356 occasions.

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Do Yeong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his career, Kim has drilled 33 baseballs out of the park while driving in 130 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 1,031 times and has delivered a base knock 274 times. Kim has earned a batting average of .302 for his baseball career, in addition to 196 runs scored and an OPS of .863. He has earned a slugging percentage of .491 and he has a total of 446 bases. He has struck out 191 times and has walked on 99 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .372 OBP.

The Tigers have stolen 76 bases and have been gunned down 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 21.6%. The Kia Tigers have a total of 2,406 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 911 assists and 92 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .973 which ranks 10th in Korean baseball and they have turned 90 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50. Tigers pitchers have given up 90 home runs in addition to 475 runs in total (3rd in KBO). Kia has surrendered 857 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 396 earned runs. The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.44 so far this year (1st in KBO), and the staff has struck out 681 hitters.

The Eagles hold a team SLG% of .396 and they are scoring 5.20 runs per contest (8th in KBO). They have 138 two-baggers, while walking 334 times as well as scoring 458 runs. Hanwha has compiled 75 home runs this season as well as 431 RBIs. They have been rung up on 666 occasions (6th in KBO) and are sitting with 826 hits. The Hanwha Eagles have tallied an OBP of .349 as well as a team batting average of .269 so far this season.

Chi Hong An is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Ahn has tallied a free base 588 times while going down on strikes on 904 occasions. His on-base percentage is .363 and he holds a career OPS of .799. In the 6,011 official at-bats in his pro career, Ahn has hit .297 and has racked up 1,786 base hits. He has accounted for 882 runs and notched 888 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 150 times, with 2,623 total bases and also a .436 slugging percentage.

Of their 107 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 81 times and been caught 26 times (24.3% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 84 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in the league). The Eagles have recorded 825 assists, 62 errors and have notched a total of 2,341 putouts this year.

The Hanwha pitching staff have yielded 470 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.98 (432 earned runs given up). They have conceded 71 home runs and they yield 5.42 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.543 with a FIP of 5.42 as a staff on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.98 (665 strikeouts vs 336 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 868.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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