KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/14/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (65-65, 4th in KBO) play the KT Wiz (64-65, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

The Wiz have tallied 202 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 134 balls out of the stadium. KT is slugging .413 and have been rung up 1,041 times, while drawing a walk on 525 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are putting up 5.3 runs per contest, which has them at 6th in baseball. They have accrued 648 RBI's in addition to 1,279 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .277. They have accounted for 690 runs and have an on-base percentage of .353.

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Jae-gyun Hwang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Hwang has an average at the plate of .288 for his time in baseball, with 1,123 runs scored and an OPS of .443. He has gone down on strikes 1,429 times and has been walked on 708 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .351 on-base percentage. In his career, Hwang has drilled 224 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 1,089 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .443 in addition to racking up 3,364 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he approached the plate 8,503 times and has delivered with a hit 2,188 times.

The Wiz have stolen 129 bags and have been thrown out 37 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 22.3%. The KT Wiz have notched a total of 3,496 putouts this year, as well as 1,157 assists and 106 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .978 which puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 94 double plays.

The Wiz hold a team ERA of 5.17 over the course of the season (9th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,035 batters. Wiz pitchers have conceded 135 home runs and 738 total runs (2nd in the league). KT has given up 1,329 base hits (10.3 per 9 innings) as well as 669 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.61 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.48.

The Doosan Bears have tallied an on-base percentage of .350 and a team batting average of .278 on the season. They have struck out on 1,010 occasions (5th in the league) and have earned 1,275 base knocks. Doosan has knocked in 137 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 680 RBIs. The Bears hold a team SLG% of .425 and they are scoring 5.45 runs per outing (5th in the league). They have recorded 218 doubles, while taking a walk 465 times as well as putting up 719 runs.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In the 5,235 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has an average at the plate of .280 in addition to 1,465 hits. He has hit the long ball 36 times, as well as 1,948 bases in total and also a .372 slugging percentage. Jung has drawn a free base 537 times while going down on strikes on 770 plate appearances. He has amassed 908 runs in addition to having 538 RBIs. His on-base % is .353 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .725.

The Doosan Bears have turned 104 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (2nd in KBO). The Bears have accrued 1,170 assists, 78 errors and have 3,533 putouts on the season. In their 119 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 91 times and been caught 28 times (23.5% caught stealing rate).

The Bears have a WHIP of 1.500 in addition to having a FIP of 5.31 as a pitching staff for the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.86 (994 strikeouts vs 533 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,233. They have allowed 124 dingers and they relinquish 5.31 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 695 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.88 (638 earned runs allowed).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan

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