KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/5/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Mel Rojas and the KT Wiz (62-63, 5th in KBO) travel to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, September 5, 2024, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (56-63, 8th in KBO).

The Wiz have tallied 192 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 133 balls out of the park. KT has a slugging rate of .414 and have been rung up 1,012 times, while being walked on 512 occasions. As a unit, the KT Wiz are scoring 5.2 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball. They have compiled 622 RBI's and 1,236 hits this season, and their team batting average comes in at .276. They have racked up 662 runs scored while having a team OBP of .353.

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Mel Rojas is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. In his professional baseball career, Rojas has hit 259 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,037 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 7,834 times and has come through with a hit 1,931 times. Rojas has compiled an average at the plate of .279 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,024 scored runs and an OPS of .819. He has earned a slugging percentage of .463 and he has racked up 3,197 bases. He has been struck out 1,644 times and has walked on 781 occasions, contributing to a .356 OBP.

The KT Wiz have 3,391 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,125 assists and 105 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .977 which ranks 8th in the league and they have turned 90 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 126 bases and have been thrown out 37 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 22.7%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.57 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.48. Wiz pitchers have yielded 132 home runs in addition to 714 runs (2nd in the league). KT has given up 1,282 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 647 earned runs. The Wiz have compiled a team earned run average of 5.15 for the year (9th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,003 batters.

Lotte has compiled 113 home runs so far this season and 645 runs batted in. They have recorded 241 two-baggers, while walking 415 times and scoring 684 runs. The Lotte Giants have recorded an on-base percentage of .350 as well as a team batting average of .283 so far this year. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .432 and they have an average of 5.61 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have been rung up on 921 occasions (7th in baseball) and have accounted for 1,224 hits.

Victor Reyes is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Reyes has drawn a walk 336 times while fanning on 954 tries. His OBP sits at .339 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .753. For the 4,998 at-bats in his baseball career, Reyes has recorded a batting average of .294 in addition to having 1,471 hits. He has recorded 705 runs and has 652 RBIs. He has homered 81 times, as well as 2,063 total bases and a .413 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 126 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (7th in the league). The Giants have accrued 1,219 assists, 101 errors and have earned a total of 3,245 putouts so far this season. Of their 109 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 78 times and been caught 31 times (28.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.533 with a FIP of 5.50 as a pitching staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.11 (960 strikeouts vs 456 free passes). They rank 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,202. They have surrendered 123 long balls and they allow 5.50 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 661 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 5.03 (604 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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