Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 7/28/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, July 28, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Do Yeong Kim and the Kia Tigers (59-35, 1st in KBO) go to Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, July 28, 2024, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (38-55, 10th in KBO).

Kia is slugging .462 and have been called out on strikes 617 times, while drawing a walk on 385 occasions. They have accumulated 560 runs batted in and 1,032 hits for the year, and their batting average is .300. The Tigers have tallied 184 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 113 balls out of the park. They have 594 runs scored and have an OBP of .373. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are compiling 6.2 runs per outing, which puts them at 1st in the league.

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Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kia. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 35 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 138 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 1,059 times and got on base with a base hit 286 times. Kim has hit .307 for his career in baseball, with 206 scored runs and an OPS of .882. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .505 and he has racked up 470 bases. He has fanned 194 times and earned a walk on 103 occasions, contributing to a .377 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have stolen 78 bags and have been caught 22 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 22.0%. The Kia Tigers have 2,583 putouts on the year, in addition to 974 assists and 96 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .974 which puts them in 10th in the league and have a total of 99 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.00 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 96 home runs and 499 total runs (6th in baseball). Kia has surrendered 901 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 416 earned runs. The Tigers have an ERA of 4.35 on the season (1st in baseball), and the staff has struck out 735 hitters.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a team OBP of .344 and a batting average of .271 this year. They have been rung up on 698 occasions (7th in KBO) and have a total of 874 hits. Kiwoom has a total of 70 HRs over the course of the season in addition to 426 runs batted in. The Heroes hold a team slugging percentage of .389 and they tally 4.78 runs per outing (10th in baseball). They have 143 two-baggers, while taking a walk 326 times and scoring 445 runs.

Ronnie Dawson is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Dawson has drawn a walk 501 times while fanning on 1,011 chances. He has a total of 729 runs in addition to having earned 605 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .363 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .810. He has hit a home run 139 times, in addition to having 1,914 bases in total and also a .447 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 4,282 at-bats in his baseball career, Dawson is sitting with a batting avereage of .276 and has racked up 1,180 hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 88 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in the league). The Heroes have recorded 860 assists, 72 errors and have earned a total of 2,464 putouts for the year. Of their 106 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 76 times and been caught 30 times (28.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.539 with a FIP of 5.69 as a squad for the season. They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 919. The Kiwoom pitching staff have relinquished 519 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 5.18 (473 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio is 1.74 (601 strikeouts against 345 bases on balls). They have given up 90 long balls and they concede 5.69 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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