Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/2/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, August 2, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (60-40, 1st in KBO) head to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Friday, August 2, 2024, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (43-53, 8th in KBO).

Kia is slugging .462 and have been called out on strikes 661 times, while being walked on 403 occasions. They have compiled 590 runs batted in in addition to 1,089 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .298. The Tigers have recorded 195 doubles as a squad and have hit 122 balls out of the park. They have 624 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .371. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are putting up 6.1 runs per contest, which ranks them 1st in baseball.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. In his pro baseball career, Choi has drilled 392 balls out of the park while driving in 1,634 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .531 and he has totaled 4,146 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 9,141 times and has come through with a hit 2,423 times. He has struck out 1,390 times and has taken a walk on 1,121 occasions, which contributes in part to a .400 OBP. Choi has accumulated a batting average of .310 for his career, with 1,283 runs scored and an OPS of .931.

The Tigers have swiped 82 bags and have been caught 24 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 22.6%. The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 2,741 putouts for the season, as well as 1,026 assists and 102 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .974 which puts them in 10th in KBO and they have turned 100 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.95 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.51. Tigers pitchers have given up 103 home runs and also 562 total runs (3rd in KBO). Kia has allowed 980 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 464 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team ERA of 4.57 so far this season (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 782 hitters.

Hanwha has knocked in 86 HRs on the season and 487 runs batted in. They have hit 157 doubles, while taking a walk 365 times as well as putting up 518 runs. The Hanwha Eagles hold a team on-base percentage of .350 and a team batting average of .272 over the course of the season. The Eagles have a slugging percentage of .401 and they have an average of 5.29 runs per outing (6th in KBO). They have struck out on 725 occasions (8th in the league) and have accounted for 930 base hits.

Si Hwan Roh is a hitter who should impact this game for Hanwha. For the 2,217 official at-bats in his baseball career, Noh has compiled an average at the plate of .264 with 586 hits. He has gone deep 87 times, with 972 total bases and also a .438 slugging %. Noh has earned a walk 275 times while fanning on 594 tries. He has scored 324 runs and racked up 365 runs batted in. His on-base % is .350 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .788.

In their 117 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 87 times and been caught 30 times (25.6% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 92 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (4th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 922 assists, 72 errors and have a total of 2,605 putouts this season.

The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.534 and have a FIP of 5.45 as a pitching staff for the season. They rank 4th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 971. The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 526 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.96 (478 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.07 (747 strikeouts vs 361 walks). They have surrendered 83 homers and they concede 5.45 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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