Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/29/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, June 29, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Mel Rojas and the KT Wiz (34-44, 9th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (44-34, 2nd in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Samsung is slugging .407 and have been called out on strikes 616 times, while being walked on 292 occasions. They have 373 runs batted in as well as 719 hits for the season, and their average at the plate sits at .264. The Lions have tallied 121 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 85 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 393 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .344. As a team, the Samsung Lions are knocking in 5.0 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 9th in baseball.

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Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. For his career, Koo has drilled 150 balls out of the park while driving in 731 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .502 and he has a total of 2,263 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 5,075 times and also came through with a base hit 1,418 times. He has fanned 883 times and earned a walk on 449 occasions, which contributes in part to a .381 OBP. Koo has a batting average of .315 for his career, in addition to 836 scored runs and an OPS of .883.

The Samsung Lions have amassed 2,119 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 658 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which puts them in 1st in the league and have a total of 50 double plays. The Lions have swiped 77 bases and have been caught 31 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 28.7%.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.47 this season (2nd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 548 hitters. Samsung has allowed 734 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 351 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.90 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.45. Lions pitchers have relinquished 80 home runs and 377 runs (10th in the league).

KT has knocked in 85 home runs this season in addition to 394 runs batted in. The have tallied 122 two-baggers, while walking 334 times as well as scoring 426 runs. The KT Wiz have an OBP of .356 and a batting average of .274 over the course of the season. The Wiz have a SLG% of .415 and they are earning 5.39 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have struck out on 621 instances (2nd in baseball) and have earned a total of 762 hits.

Mel Rojas is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for KT. Rojas has drawn a free base 760 times while fanning on 1,615 attempts. He has amassed 987 runs and racked up 1,007 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .354 and he has a career OPS of .813. He has hit a home run 250 times, with 3,081 total bases and also a .459 slugging percentage. For the 6,711 official at-bats in his pro career, Rojas has a batting average of .277 and has racked up 1,859 base knocks.

The KT Wiz have turned 64 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have 717 assists, 59 errors and have a tally of 2,092 putouts for the season. Out of their 105 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 80 times and been caught 25 times (23.8% caught stealing rate).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.532 in addition to having a FIP of 6.13 as a unit for the year. They rank 1st in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 803. The KT pitching staff have surrendered 475 runs on the year while having an ERA of 5.71 (442 earned runs allowed). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.29 (608 strikeouts against 265 free passes). They have given up 87 HR's and they allow 6.13 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take KT and under the total runs

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