KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/15/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (58-51, 3rd in KBO) play the KT Wiz (53-55, 6th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Thursday, August 15, 2024.

The Wiz have earned 175 doubles as a squad and have hit 112 balls out of the park. KT is slugging .414 and have been called out on strikes 881 times, while being walked on 455 occasions. As a team, the KT Wiz are putting up 5.3 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 7th in the league. They have accounted for 548 runs batted in in addition to 1,084 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .278. They have a total of 584 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .356.

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Mel Rojas is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Rojas has earned a batting average of .279 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,011 runs scored and an OPS of .818. He has struck out 1,634 times and has gotten a free base on 772 occasions, which has contributed to a .356 on-base percentage. In his pro baseball career, Rojas has hit 255 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,026 runs. His slugging percentage is .462 and he has racked up 3,160 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he approached the plate 7,762 times and has reached base with a hit 1,913 times.

The Wiz have stolen 106 bases and have been caught 31 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 22.6%. The KT Wiz have amassed 2,941 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 988 assists and 91 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .977 which has them sitting 8th in the league and have 82 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.39 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50. Wiz pitchers have allowed 117 home runs and 641 runs in total (1st in the league). KT has given up 1,110 base knocks (10.2 per 9 innings) and also 581 earned runs. The Wiz hold a team earned run average of 5.34 so far this season (10th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 852 hitters.

The Lions hold a slugging percentage of .420 and they average 5.25 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have 166 doubles, while taking a walk 409 times and scoring 583 runs. Samsung has knocked in 131 long balls on the season as well as 553 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 882 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have notched a total of 1,033 base knocks. The Samsung Lions have a team OBP of .348 and a team batting average of .269 this year.

Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has drawn a walk 460 times while being called out on strikes on 895 plate appearances. His on-base percentage sits at .381 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .885. In the 4,586 at-bats in his baseball career, Koo is sitting with a batting avereage of .315 in addition to having 1,445 hits. He has tallied 851 runs in addition to having earned 747 runs batted in. He has gone yard 154 times, in addition to having 2,310 total bases and a .504 slugging percentage.

In their 138 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 96 times and been caught 42 times (30.4% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 73 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in Korean baseball). The Lions have 948 assists, 69 errors and have notched a total of 2,969 putouts so far this season.

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.449 in addition to having a FIP of 4.97 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.02 (758 strikeouts against 375 bases on balls). They rank 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,058. They have surrendered 120 homers and they give up 4.97 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 547 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 4.62 (508 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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