KT Wiz vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 7/18/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Thursday, July 18, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Hye Seong Kim and the Kiwoom Heroes (37-50, 10th in KBO) will take on the KT Wiz (42-46, 7th in KBO) on Thursday, July 18, 2024.

KT is slugging .408 and have struck out 714 times, while taking a walk on 374 occasions. They have tallied 438 runs batted in as well as 855 hits so far this season, and their team batting average comes in at .271. The Wiz have tallied 137 two-baggers as a team and have hit 94 balls out of the park. They have tallied 472 runs scored while having a team OBP of .351. As a unit, the KT Wiz are earning 5.2 runs/g, which has them sitting at 6th in the league.

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Jae-gyun Hwang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for KT. For his pro baseball career, Hwang has drilled 217 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,067 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 8,360 times and has delivered with a base hit 2,148 times. Hwang has accumulated a batting average of .288 for his time in baseball, in addition to 1,105 scored runs and an OPS of .442. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .442 and he has totaled 3,296 bases. He has fanned 1,404 times and has gotten a free base on 702 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .351 on-base percentage.

The KT Wiz have a tally of 2,395 putouts this year, as well as 804 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .979 which puts them in 8th in KBO and they have turned 70 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 91 bags and have been caught 28 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 23.5%.

The Wiz hold a team ERA of 5.53 for the year (10th in baseball), and they have rung up 700 hitters. KT has given up 905 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 490 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.30 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51. Wiz pitchers have given up 93 home runs in addition to 530 total runs (1st in KBO).

The Heroes have a SLG% of .392 and they are scoring 4.80 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have hit 141 doubles, while walking 305 times and scoring 418 runs. Kiwoom has compiled 64 HRs over the course of the season as well as 400 runs batted in. They have struck out on 642 occasions (8th in the league) and have 829 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have an on-base percentage of .346 as well as a team batting average of .274 for the year.

Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Kim has drawn a walk 309 times while being called out on strikes on 589 tries. His OBP comes in at .364 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .769. For the 3,233 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has an average at the plate of .303 with 981 base hits. He has accounted for 558 runs and also has 362 runs batted in. He has gone deep 36 times, as well as 1,309 bases in total and a .405 slugging percentage.

In their 98 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 69 times and been caught 29 times (29.6% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 84 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in the league). The Heroes have racked up 805 assists, 67 errors and have earned 2,308 putouts so far this year.

The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 474 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 5.07 (433 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 80 home runs and they relinquish 5.55 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.524 and have a FIP of 5.55 as a squad so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.77 (562 strikeouts vs 318 free passes). They have a ranking of 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 854.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT

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