Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/20/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (29-37, 8th in KBO) head to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Thursday, June 20, 2024, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (28-41, 9th in KBO).

As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.2 runs per contest, which has them at 7th in the league. They have accounted for 353 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .342. The Giants have accumulated 128 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 55 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 327 RBI's as well as 666 hits over the course of the season, while their batting average is at .279. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .419 and have been rung up 504 times, while drawing a walk on 208 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Jeon has recorded a batting average of .300 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,016 runs scored and an OPS of .830. He has been struck out 1,028 times and has walked on 567 occasions, which has contributed to a .364 on-base percentage. In his career, Jeon has hit 203 balls out of the park while driving in 919 runs. His slugging percentage is .466 and he has racked up 2,890 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 6,951 times and got on base with a hit 1,862 times.

The Lotte Giants have earned 1,800 putouts thus far, as well as 690 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 5th in the league and they have turned 67 double plays. The Giants have stolen 51 bags and have been gunned down 24 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 32.0%.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 5.07 for the season (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 508 batters. Lotte has relinquished 677 base knocks (10.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 338 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.05 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.54. Giants pitchers have surrendered 62 home runs and also 363 total runs (7th in the league).

KT has knocked in 71 home runs on the season to go along with 345 runs batted in. They have notched 109 two-baggers, while walking 294 times as well as scoring 372 runs. The KT Wiz have compiled an OBP of .353 and a team batting average of .272 on the year. The Wiz hold a slugging % of .407 and they score 5.31 runs per outing (4th in the league). They have struck out on 541 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have totaled 670 base hits.

Baek Ho Kang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for KT. For the 2,745 official at-bats in his professional career, Kang has hit .312 with 857 hits. He has homered 113 times, in addition to having 1,384 bases in total and also a .504 slugging percentage. Kang has tallied a walk 360 times while striking out on 546 tries. He has recorded 461 runs and has 467 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .391 and he holds a career OPS of .895.

The KT Wiz have turned 56 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .979 (6th in KBO). The Wiz have recorded 628 assists, 53 errors and are sitting with 1,855 putouts this season. In 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 pitching staff so far this season. They are currently ranked 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 709. The KT pitching staff have allowed 421 runs for the year while having an ERA of 5.71 (392 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.26 (540 strikeouts against 239 bases on balls). They have conceded 75 homers and they relinquish 6.13 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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