Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/10/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (45-54, 9th in KBO) travel to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Saturday, August 10, 2024, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (51-53, 6th in KBO).

Lotte is slugging .423 and have been called out on strikes 772 times, while drawing a walk on 352 occasions. They have 534 runs batted in and 1,013 hits so far this season, while their batting average is sitting at .281. The Giants have recorded 199 doubles as a squad and have smacked 87 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 571 runs scored while having a team OBP of .350. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are earning 5.6 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in KBO.

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Dong Hee Yoon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his career, Yoon has slapped 10 balls out of the park while driving in 98 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 871 times and also came through with a hit 225 times. Yoon has hit .289 for his career, with 121 scored runs and an OPS of .745. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .395 and he has totaled 308 bases. He has fanned 147 times and has walked on 75 occasions, which contributes in part to a .349 on-base percentage.

The Giants have stolen 72 bags and have been caught 29 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 28.7%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 2,714 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,019 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .978 which is 7th in KBO and have a total of 103 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.55. Giants pitchers have allowed 106 home runs in addition to 563 total runs (6th in KBO). Lotte has surrendered 1,020 base hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 512 earned runs. The Giants hold a team earned run average of 5.10 this year (7th in baseball), and they have struck out 794 hitters.

The KT Wiz have compiled an OBP of .356 and a batting average of .278 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 843 instances (3rd in the league) and are sitting with 1,041 base knocks. KT has compiled 110 home runs so far this year to go along with 530 runs batted in. The Wiz hold a team slugging % of .416 and they average 5.34 runs per game (7th in the league). They have hit 168 two-baggers, while walking 438 times as well as recording 566 runs.

Jae-gyun Hwang is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Hwang has drawn a free base 703 times while fanning on 1,417 attempts. He has compiled 1,113 runs and has 1,076 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .351 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .442. He has hit it out of the park 219 times, with 3,326 total bases and a .442 slugging percentage. During the 7,525 at-bats in his baseball career, Hwang has hit .288 in addition to having 2,169 base hits.

The KT Wiz have turned 79 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .977 (8th in the league). The Wiz have recorded 938 assists, 89 errors and have a tally of 2,824 putouts on the season. Of their 133 tries at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 104 times and been caught 29 times (21.8% caught stealing percentage).

The KT pitching staff have surrendered 624 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 5.40 (565 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 112 homers and they surrender 5.97 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.501 with a FIP of 5.97 as a staff this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.39 (823 strikeouts vs 345 bases on balls). They come in at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,068.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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