NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 9/29/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, September 29, 2022

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Jose Pirela and the Samsung Lions (60-73, 8th in KBO) will play the NC Dinos (61-70, 6th in KBO) on Thursday, September 29, 2022.

NC is slugging .378 and have struck out 910 times, while getting the free base on 474 occasions. They have compiled 585 RBI's in addition to 1,171 base knocks for the season, and their average at the plate is .257. The Dinos have compiled 224 doubles as a unit and have knocked 102 balls out of the park. They have 614 runs while holding a team OBP of .335. As a squad, the NC Dinos are compiling 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 4th in the league.

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Ui-ji Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. For his career, Yang has slapped 228 balls out of the park while knocking in 940 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 5,845 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,541 times. Yang has a batting average of .307 for his baseball career, with 762 scored runs and an OPS of .895. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .505 and he has a total of 2,530 bases. He has struck out 645 times and has walked on 568 occasions, contributing to a .390 on-base percentage.

The Dinos have swiped 58 bases and have been gunned down 41 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 41.4%. The NC Dinos have earned 3,590 putouts this year, as well as 1,271 assists and 122 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .976 which is 9th in Korean baseball and have a total of 106 double plays.

The Dinos are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.98 on the season (5th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 1,083 batters. NC has conceded 1,157 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 529 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.23 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.37. Dinos pitchers have allowed 101 home runs and also 612 total runs (6th in the league).

Samsung has accumulated 94 home runs this year and 581 runs batted in. They have 219 doubles, while getting a free base 425 times and scoring 614 runs. The Samsung Lions hold a team OBP of .334 and a team batting average of .269 so far this year. The Lions hold a team SLG% of .383 and they average 4.55 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 976 occasions (5th in baseball) and have recorded 1,266 hits.

Jose Pirela is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Pirela has tallied a free base 696 times while being called out on strikes on 1,234 plate appearances. He has accrued 1,224 runs and also has 994 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .350 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .785. He has hit a home run 193 times, with 3,345 total bases and also a .435 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 7,697 at-bats in his career, Pirela has earned a batting average of .286 and has racked up 2,198 hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 112 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (8th in Korean baseball). The Lions have recorded 1,354 assists, 111 errors and have earned a total of 3,627 putouts this year. Out of their 80 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 47 times and been caught 33 times (41.3% caught stealing rate).

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.452 in addition to having a FIP of 4.96 as a team so far this season. They are sitting at 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,286. The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 666 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.35 (584 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.94 (911 strikeouts vs 470 walks). They have surrendered 120 homers and they concede 4.96 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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