Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 6/18/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (27-41, 10th in KBO) travel to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, where they'll take on the Hanwha Eagles (30-37, 7th in KBO).

Kiwoom is slugging .387 and have been called out on strikes 497 times, while taking a walk on 238 occasions. They have tallied 309 runs batted in as well as 637 hits on the year, and their batting average comes in at .270. The Heroes have hit 99 doubles as a team and have smacked 53 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 320 runs and hold an OBP of .342. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are putting up 4.7 runs/g, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball.

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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. In his pro baseball career, Kim has drilled 36 baseballs out of the park while driving in 350 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 3,522 times and also came through with a base hit 958 times. Kim has recorded a batting average of .303 for his career in baseball, with 546 runs scored and an OPS of .766. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .403 and he has accumulated 1,276 bases. He has fanned 587 times and has gotten a free base on 301 at-bats, which has contributed to a .363 OBP.

The Heroes have stolen 55 bags and have been caught 23 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.5%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated 1,801 putouts this season, as well as 625 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .977 which ranks 8th in the league and have accumulated 65 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.76 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.52. Heroes pitchers have conceded 64 home runs and also 370 runs in total (3rd in baseball). Kiwoom has conceded 671 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) and 337 earned runs. The Heroes hold a team earned run average of 5.05 for the year (7th in the league), and their staff has rung up 423 hitters.

The Eagles hold a slugging percentage of .400 and they are scoring 5.16 runs per game (8th in KBO). They have 110 doubles, while getting a free base 265 times and recording 356 runs. Hanwha has 60 home runs this year and 338 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 531 occasions (5th in the league) and are sitting with 649 hits. The Hanwha Eagles are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .350 and a batting average of .270 on the year.

Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. During the 2,132 official at-bats in his pro career, Noh is sitting with a batting avereage of .264 with 563 base knocks. He has gone deep 84 times, as well as 934 bases in total and also a .438 slugging %. Noh has earned a walk 268 times while fanning on 575 chances. He has a total of 306 runs and notched 348 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .350 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .788.

Of their 90 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 68 times and been caught 22 times (24.4% caught stealing rate). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 64 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have accrued 660 assists, 49 errors and have earned 1,830 putouts for the year.

The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 365 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.97 (337 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 54 homers and they yield 5.39 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.536 in addition to having a FIP of 5.39 as a unit over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.97 (525 strikeouts against 267 bases on balls). They are sitting at 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 670.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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