Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/19/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Mel Rojas and the KT Wiz (28-41, 9th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (29-37, 8th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.2 runs per outing, which puts them at 7th in the league. They have notched a total of 353 runs and hold an OBP of .342. The Giants have tallied 128 doubles as a squad and have knocked 55 balls out of the park. They have compiled 327 RBI's and 666 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average is at .279. Lotte has a slugging rate of .419 and have struck out 504 times, while being walked on 208 occasions.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Reyes has drilled 74 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 614 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 5,196 times and also came through with a hit 1,392 times. Reyes has a batting average of .291 in his time in baseball, with 665 runs scored and an OPS of .743. His career slugging percentage is .407 in addition to racking up 1,947 bases. He has gone down on strikes 922 times and has gotten a free base on 316 occasions, contributing to a .336 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 1,800 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 690 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which puts them in 5th in KBO and they have turned 67 double plays. The Giants have stolen 51 bases and have been gunned down 24 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 32.0%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have conceded 62 home runs and also 363 runs in total (7th in the league). Lotte has surrendered 677 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) and also 338 earned runs. The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.07 this year (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 508 batters.

KT has knocked in 71 HRs on the campaign and 345 runs batted in. They hit 109 doubles, while getting a free base 294 times and putting up 372 runs. The KT Wiz have compiled an OBP of .353 in addition to a team batting average of .272 for the season. The Wiz have a slugging percentage of .407 and they score 5.31 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have struck out on 541 instances (3rd in baseball) and have recorded 670 base hits.

Mel Rojas is a batter who should impact this game for KT. Rojas has drawn a walk 753 times while going down on strikes on 1,605 chances. He has accumulated 981 runs in addition to having 997 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .353 and he has earned a career OPS of .811. He has gone yard 247 times, as well as 3,060 total bases and also a .458 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 6,675 at-bats in his pro career, Rojas has earned a batting average of .277 with 1,848 base hits.

The KT Wiz have turned 56 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in KBO). The Wiz have racked up 628 assists, 53 errors and have accounted for 1,855 putouts during this campaign. Of their 95 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 72 times and been caught 23 times (24.2% caught stealing rate).

The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.534 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.13 as a staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 (540 strikeouts vs 239 bases on balls). They sit at 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 709. They have given up 75 long balls and they relinquish 6.13 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The KT pitching staff have conceded 421 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 5.71 (392 earned runs allowed).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT

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