Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos Prediction, 6/14/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos

Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Changwon NC Park is the site where Ah-seop Son and the NC Dinos (23-37, 9th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (32-27, 4th in KBO) on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.

The Tigers have hit 109 doubles as a squad and have knocked 54 balls out of the park. Kia is slugging .409 and have been called out on strikes 414 times, while taking a walk on 230 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are notching 5.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 1st in the league. They have recorded 295 runs batted in and 558 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is .269. They have accumulated 316 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .350.

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Socrates Brito is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Brito has earned a batting average of .281 for his time in baseball, in addition to 772 scored runs and an OPS of .764. He has struck out 1,153 times and has been walked on 388 occasions, which contributes in part to a .332 OBP. In his pro baseball career, Brito has hit 110 balls out of the park while knocking in 653 runs. His slugging percentage is .432 and he has a total of 2,230 bases. For his career, he came to bat 5,636 times and came through with a base hit 1,452 times.

The Tigers have swiped 25 bases and have been thrown out 20 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 44.4%. The Kia Tigers have amassed 1,596 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 569 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .978 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have 38 double plays.

They have a K/BB ratio of 2.35 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.34. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 49 home runs and 279 total runs (2nd in KBO). Kia has allowed 524 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 236 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 3.99 for the year (7th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 441 batters.

The NC Dinos have tallied a team on-base percentage of .320 in addition to a team batting average of .248 this season. They have been rung up on 455 occasions (4th in KBO) and have notched a total of 512 base hits. NC has knocked in 39 long balls for the year in addition to 223 runs batted in. The Dinos hold a team slugging % of .363 and they earn 3.89 runs per contest (10th in KBO). They have 111 two-baggers, while walking 192 times as well as scoring 237 runs.

Ah-seop Son is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Son has earned a walk 824 times while fanning on 1,105 tries. He has compiled 1,175 runs and also has 891 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .400 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .866. He has hit a home run 168 times, as well as 3,092 total bases and a .466 slugging %. In the 6,639 at-bats in his professional career, Son has an average at the plate of .325 with 2,155 base knocks.

The NC Dinos have turned 48 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .974 (8th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have accrued 579 assists, 58 errors and have earned 1,636 putouts on the season. In their 57 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 35 times and been caught 22 times (38.6% caught stealing rate).

The Dinos are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.361 with a FIP of 4.37 as a squad on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.27 (507 strikeouts vs 223 walks). They are currently ranked 8th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 519. They have allowed 38 long balls and they concede 4.37 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO). The NC pitching staff have given up 265 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.85 (233 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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