Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/11/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Sunday, August 11, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Mel Rojas and the KT Wiz (52-53, 6th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (45-54, 9th in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Sunday, August 11, 2024.

The Giants have compiled 199 doubles as a unit and have knocked 87 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .423 and have struck out 772 times, while being walked on 352 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.6 runs per outing, which is 2nd in baseball. They have 534 runs batted in and 1,013 base knocks over the course of the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .281. They have racked up 571 runs scored while having a team OBP of .350.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has compiled an average at the plate of .293 for his career in baseball, in addition to 690 scored runs and an OPS of .749. He has struck out 946 times and earned a walk on 331 occasions, which contributes in part to a .339 OBP. In his career, Reyes has hit 77 baseballs over the fence while driving in 637 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .410 in addition to having tallied 2,016 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 5,345 times and came through with a base hit 1,442 times.

The Lotte Giants have 2,714 putouts this year, as well as 1,019 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .978 which is 7th in the league and they have turned 103 double plays. The Giants have stolen 72 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 28.7%.

The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 5.10 on the campaign (7th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 794 hitters. Lotte has yielded 1,020 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) and 512 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.09 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.55. Giants pitchers have allowed 106 home runs and 563 runs in total (7th in the league).

KT has recorded 110 long balls for the year to go along with 531 runs batted in. They have 168 doubles, while getting a free base 441 times as well as scoring 567 runs. The KT Wiz have recorded a team on-base percentage of .354 as well as a team batting average of .276 so far this season. The Wiz hold a team SLG% of .412 and they are earning 5.30 runs per game (7th in the league). They have been rung up on 857 occasions (3rd in the league) and have 1,046 base hits.

Mel Rojas is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Rojas has drawn a walk 771 times while fanning on 1,629 attempts. He has amassed 1,009 runs and racked up 1,026 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .356 and he has earned a career OPS of .818. He has hit the long ball 255 times, with 3,154 bases in total and also a .462 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 6,829 at-bats in his pro career, Rojas has hit .279 with 1,908 hits.

The KT Wiz have turned 79 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .977 (8th in KBO). The Wiz have 952 assists, 89 errors and have amassed 2,860 putouts for the year. Out of their 135 chances at stealing a base, they have had success 106 times and been caught 29 times (21.5% caught stealing percentage).

The KT pitching staff have conceded 624 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.34 (565 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 112 long balls and they surrender 5.89 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.494 in addition to having a FIP of 5.89 as a squad for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.39 (832 strikeouts against 348 walks). They sit at 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,076.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte

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