KT Wiz vs NC Dinos Prediction, 8/27/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs NC Dinos

Date: Saturday, August 27, 2022

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Ah-seop Son and the NC Dinos (46-58, 7th in KBO) play the KT Wiz (62-47, 3rd in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Saturday, August 27, 2022.

The Wiz have accrued 147 doubles as a team and have hit 90 balls out of the park. KT is slugging .375 and have struck out 899 times, while drawing a walk on 414 occasions. As a squad, the KT Wiz are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 6th in the league. They have recorded 461 RBI's in addition to 966 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .257. They have a total of 495 runs and have an on-base percentage of .334.

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Jeong-dae Bae is a hitter who should impact this game for KT. For his pro baseball career, Bae has hit 30 baseballs over the fence while driving in 181 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 1,855 times and has reached base with a base hit 423 times. Bae has hit .262 for his time in baseball, in addition to 256 scored runs and an OPS of .712. His career slugging percentage is .368 and he has a total of 595 bases. He has been struck out 429 times and earned a walk on 188 occasions, which has contributed to a .344 on-base percentage.

The KT Wiz have earned 2,989 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,106 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which puts them in 1st in the league and have a total of 103 double plays. The Wiz have stolen 59 bases and have been thrown out 18 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 23.4%.

Their K/BB ratio is 2.85 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.25. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 68 home runs and 426 runs (10th in the league). KT has yielded 953 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 385 earned runs. The Wiz have an ERA of 3.48 this season (1st in KBO), and the staff has struck out 834 batters.

NC has accumulated 78 long balls on the campaign to go along with 456 RBIs. They have hit 188 two-baggers, while taking a walk 370 times as well as notching 480 runs. The NC Dinos have earned a team OBP of .333 and a team batting average of .256 for the season. The Dinos have a team slugging percentage of .376 and they average 4.49 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have struck out on 736 occasions (8th in the league) and have totaled 934 hits.

Ah-seop Son is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Son has tallied a free base 843 times while going down on strikes on 1,124 occasions. His on-base percentage is .398 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .860. Over the course of the 6,797 official at-bats in his pro career, Son has accrued an average at the plate of .322 with 2,191 hits. He has accounted for 1,199 runs and has 906 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 169 times, with 3,141 total bases and also a .462 slugging %.

Out of their 82 attempts at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 50 times and been caught 32 times (39.0% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos have twisted 81 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .975 (10th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have recorded 1,030 assists, 102 errors and have a total of 2,876 putouts on the campaign.

The NC pitching staff have conceded 497 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 4.03 (429 earned runs conceded). They have given up 82 homers and they relinquish 4.67 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.405 with a FIP of 4.67 as a pitching staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.20 (880 strikeouts vs 400 walks). They are sitting at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 946.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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