KT Wiz vs NC Dinos Prediction, 5/24/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs NC Dinos

Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Jae-gyun Hwang and the KT Wiz (19-24, 8th in KBO) head to Changwon NC Park on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, where they'll meet the NC Dinos (14-30, 10th in KBO).

As a team, the KT Wiz are scoring 4.0 runs per contest, which is 8th in KBO. They are sitting with 171 runs and hold an OBP of .329. The Wiz have tallied 52 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 27 balls out of the park. They have 153 runs batted in in addition to 361 base knocks on the year, and their batting average sits at .247. KT is slugging .342 and have struck out 356 times, while being walked on 164 occasions.

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Jae-gyun Hwang is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. For his professional baseball career, Hwang has hit 198 baseballs out of the park while driving in 940 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .452 and he has totaled 2,883 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 7,153 times and has delivered with a hit 1,857 times. He has struck out 1,208 times and has walked on 596 occasions, contributing to a .354 OBP. Hwang has an average at the plate of .291 in his time in baseball, in addition to 963 scored runs and an OPS of .808.

The KT Wiz have notched a total of 1,151 putouts for the season, in addition to 426 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which puts them in 4th in Korean baseball and have a total of 38 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 26 bags and have been thrown out 8 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 23.5%.

The Wiz have a team earned run average of 3.57 so far this year (8th in baseball), and they have rung up 322 batters. Wiz pitchers have conceded 28 home runs and also 175 total runs (5th in the league). KT has surrendered 376 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 152 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.46 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.22.

NC has compiled 27 long balls on the season and 167 RBIs. They have 79 two-baggers, while getting a free base 137 times and racking up 176 runs. The NC Dinos have compiled an OBP of .320 as well as a batting average of .249 over the course of the season. The Dinos have a team SLG% of .359 and they have an average of 4.00 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have struck out on 330 occasions (4th in the league) and have accounted for 368 base knocks.

Nick Martini is a hitter who can be a difference maker for NC. Martini has drawn a walk 621 times while going down on strikes on 767 attempts. His on-base percentage sits at .373 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .763. In the 4,329 at-bats in his pro career, Martini has a batting average of .274 with 1,186 base hits. He has accumulated 665 runs and has 566 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 67 times, as well as 1,689 total bases and also a .390 slugging %.

The NC Dinos have turned 33 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .972 (9th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have 415 assists, 45 errors and have amassed 1,159 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 40 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 25 times and been caught 15 times (37.5% caught stealing rate).

The NC pitching staff have conceded 222 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.55 (195 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 32 dingers and they give up 5.17 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.476 and have a FIP of 5.17 as a staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.12 (361 strikeouts against 170 walks). They come in at 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 400.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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