KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 10/3/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (74-68, 4th in KBO) play the KT Wiz (72-70, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

KT has a slugging % of .417 and have struck out 1,123 times, while being walked on 580 occasions. They have amassed 722 RBI's and 1,413 hits for the year, while their batting average is .279. The Wiz have tallied 234 doubles as a squad and have smacked 145 balls out of the park. They have racked up 767 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .355. As a team, the KT Wiz are scoring 5.3 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in KBO.

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Jae-gyun Hwang is a batter who should impact this game for KT. For his professional baseball career, Hwang has drilled 225 balls over the fence while knocking in 1,093 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he faced a pitcher 8,557 times and has come through with a base hit 2,199 times. Hwang has an average at the plate of .287 for his career, with 1,127 runs scored and an OPS of .442. His career slugging percentage is .442 and he has a total of 3,378 bases. He has been struck out 1,437 times and has taken a walk on 711 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .350 on-base %.

The Wiz have swiped 142 bags and have been caught 38 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 21.1%. The KT Wiz have 3,853 putouts this season, in addition to 1,279 assists and 116 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .978 which has them sitting 7th in the league and they have turned 110 double plays.

The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.11 this season (8th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 1,118 hitters. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 155 home runs and also 804 runs in total (2nd in the league). KT has given up 1,448 base knocks (10.1 per 9 innings) as well as 729 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.52 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.47.

The Bears hold a slugging % of .424 and they average 5.48 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have notched 243 doubles, while taking a walk 510 times as well as earning 789 runs. Doosan has 150 home runs for the year to go along with 743 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,077 occasions (6th in baseball) and have a total of 1,375 hits. The Doosan Bears have recorded an OBP of .350 in addition to a batting average of .276 so far this year.

Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. During the 5,277 official at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has recorded a batting average of .280 with 1,477 base knocks. He has gone yard 36 times, in addition to having 1,961 bases in total and also a .372 slugging %. Jung has drawn a walk 543 times while striking out on 778 occasions. He has recorded 915 runs and also has 544 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .353 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .725.

The Doosan Bears have turned 109 double plays and have a fielding rate of .984 (2nd in the league). The Bears have racked up 1,263 assists, 84 errors and have accumulated 3,851 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 125 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 97 times and been caught 28 times (22.4% caught stealing rate).

The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 748 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.83 (688 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 135 dingers and they relinquish 5.24 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.494 and have a FIP of 5.24 as a staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.85 (1,083 strikeouts vs 585 bases on balls). They rank 10th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,332.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take KT

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