KT Wiz vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 7/4/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, July 4, 2024

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Baek Ho Kang and the KT Wiz (36-44, 9th in KBO) are headed to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, July 4, 2024, where they'll take on the Hanwha Eagles (35-42, 8th in KBO).

The Wiz have accounted for 124 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 88 balls out of the park. KT has a slugging percentage of .413 and have been called out on strikes 643 times, while being walked on 344 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are recording 5.3 runs per game, which puts them at 6th in baseball. They have compiled 403 RBI's and 781 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is .272. They are sitting with 435 runs scored and have an OBP of .353.

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Baek Ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Kang has hit .311 for his baseball career, with 468 scored runs and an OPS of .896. He has been struck out 558 times and has walked on 370 occasions, contributing to a .391 OBP. For his career, Kang has hit 117 balls out of the park while knocking in 474 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .505 in addition to racking up 1,405 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 3,190 times and has notched a hit 866 times.

The KT Wiz have a total of 2,173 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 744 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which ranks 6th in KBO and have earned 66 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 83 bases and have been caught 25 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 23.1%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.51. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 89 home runs in addition to 482 runs (1st in KBO). KT has conceded 824 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 447 earned runs. The Wiz are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.56 over the course of the season (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 627 hitters.

The Hanwha Eagles have tallied a team on-base percentage of .350 as well as a team batting average of .268 this season. They have struck out on 598 occasions (6th in baseball) and have accounted for 733 base knocks. Hanwha has 70 home runs this season as well as 390 runs batted in. The Eagles have a team slugging % of .397 and they score 5.20 runs per game (7th in the league). They have put up 121 doubles, while walking 310 times as well as scoring 411 runs.

Chi Hong An is a hitter who should impact this game for Hanwha. For the 5,973 at-bats in his professional career, Ahn has accrued an average at the plate of .296 with 1,767 base hits. He has gone yard 148 times, as well as 2,597 total bases and a .435 slugging percentage. Ahn has recorded a walk 586 times while striking out on 901 occasions. He has tallied 875 runs in addition to having 878 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .362 and he holds a career OPS of .797.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 70 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (5th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have 744 assists, 56 errors and have 2,091 putouts on the season. In their 101 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 76 times and been caught 25 times (24.8% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.564 with a FIP of 5.57 as a unit for the year. They rank 3rd in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 784. The Hanwha pitching staff have relinquished 431 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 5.11 (396 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio is 1.95 (597 strikeouts against 306 free passes). They have relinquished 67 dingers and they concede 5.57 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT

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