KT Wiz vs LG Twins Prediction, 6/21/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs LG Twins

Date: Friday, June 21, 2024

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Chang-ki Hong and the LG Twins (40-31, 3rd in KBO) will play the KT Wiz (29-41, 9th in KBO) on Friday, June 21, 2024.

As a unit, the KT Wiz are compiling 5.3 runs per outing, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They have a total of 378 runs scored and have an OBP of .354. The Wiz have tallied 111 two-baggers as a team and have hit 72 balls out of the stadium. They have 350 RBI's in addition to 683 hits so far this season, and their team batting average is sitting at .274. KT has a slugging rate of .410 and have been called out on strikes 546 times, while drawing a walk on 295 occasions.

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Seong Ho Cheon is a batter who should impact this game for KT. Cheon has earned a batting average of .275 for his career in baseball, with 60 scored runs and an OPS of .677. He has gone down on strikes 61 times and has walked on 26 at-bats, contributing to a .336 OBP. For his pro baseball career, Cheon has hit 1 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 22 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .341 in addition to earning 109 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 352 times and has delivered with a base hit 88 times.

The Wiz have swiped 72 bags and have been thrown out 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 25.0%. The KT Wiz have notched a total of 1,882 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 638 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which ranks 6th in Korean baseball and they have turned 58 double plays.

The Wiz have a team ERA of 5.68 on the campaign (10th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 551 batters. KT has yielded 715 base hits (10.3 per 9 innings) and 396 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.30 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.52. Wiz pitchers have allowed 77 home runs and 425 runs (1st in KBO).

The Twins hold a team slugging % of .412 and they are earning 5.73 runs per game (1st in baseball). The have tallied 120 doubles, while getting a free base 355 times and racking up 418 runs. LG has recorded 53 home runs over the course of the season as well as 394 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 491 occasions (9th in KBO) and have recorded 714 base knocks. The LG Twins have an OBP of .377 as well as a team batting average of .287 so far this year.

Chang-ki Hong is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Hong has drawn a walk 432 times while being called out on strikes on 443 occasions. His on-base rate is .430 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .830. Over the course of the 2,312 official at-bats in his pro career, Hong has accrued an average at the plate of .308 with 712 base hits. He has tallied 458 runs in addition to having earned 263 RBIs. He has hit a home run 17 times, in addition to having 925 total bases and a .400 slugging percentage.

The LG Twins have turned 63 double plays and have a fielding rate of .978 (8th in the league). The Twins have recorded 683 assists, 60 errors and have a total of 1,941 putouts so far this season. Out of their 93 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 74 times and been caught 19 times (20.4% caught stealing percentage).

The LG pitching staff have surrendered 377 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.70 (338 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 64 HR's and they allow 5.24 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.547 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.24 as a unit on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.94 (557 strikeouts against 287 walks). They are sitting at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 714.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT

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