Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/9/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Friday, August 9, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Mel Rojas and the KT Wiz (51-53, 6th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (45-54, 9th in KBO) on Friday, August 9, 2024.

Lotte has a slugging % of .423 and have struck out 772 times, while drawing a walk on 352 occasions. They have earned 534 runs batted in and 1,013 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate sits at .281. The Giants have hit 199 doubles as a team and have knocked 87 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 571 runs while holding a team OBP of .350. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are earning 5.6 runs/g, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his career, Reyes has slapped 77 balls out of the park while knocking in 637 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 5,345 times and has come through with a base hit 1,442 times. Reyes has a batting average of .293 for his career in baseball, in addition to 690 scored runs and an OPS of .749. His slugging percentage is .410 in addition to having tallied 2,016 bases. He has gone down on strikes 946 times and has taken a walk on 331 occasions, contributing to a .339 on-base percentage.

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 puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and have earned 103 double plays. The Giants have swiped 72 bases and have been gunned down 29 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 28.7%.

The Giants are sitting with a team earned run average of 5.10 for the season (7th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 794 hitters. Lotte has allowed 1,020 hits (10.2 per 9 innings) as well as 512 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.09 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.55. Giants pitchers have allowed 106 home runs in addition to 563 total runs (6th in the league).

The KT Wiz have an on-base percentage of .356 in addition to a batting average of .278 on the year. They have struck out on 843 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have totaled 1,041 base hits. KT has 110 HRs so far this year in addition to 530 RBIs. The Wiz have a team slugging % of .416 and they are recording 5.34 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have put up 168 two-baggers, while walking 438 times and scoring 566 runs.

Mel Rojas is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. Rojas has tallied a walk 771 times while fanning on 1,627 tries. He has accumulated 1,009 runs and racked up 1,026 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .356 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .818. He has gone yard 255 times, as well as 3,154 total bases and a .462 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 6,824 at-bats in his pro career, Rojas has recorded a batting average of .280 in addition to 1,908 hits.

The KT Wiz have turned 79 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in KBO). The Wiz have accrued 938 assists, 89 errors and have a total of 2,824 putouts this year. Of their 133 tries at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 104 times and been caught 29 times (21.8% caught stealing rate).

The KT pitching staff have allowed 624 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 5.40 (565 earned runs conceded). They have given up 112 home runs and they concede 5.97 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.501 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.97 as a pitching staff so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.39 (823 strikeouts against 345 walks). They are currently ranked 1st in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,068.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT

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