Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos Prediction, 7/1/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos

Date: Friday, July 1, 2022

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Nick Martini and the NC Dinos (27-43, 9th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (34-39, 6th in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Friday, July 1, 2022.

Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .362 and have struck out 503 times, while taking a walk on 215 occasions. They have compiled 285 RBI's as well as 650 hits so far this year, and their team batting average sits at .259. The Lions have recorded 109 doubles as a team and have smacked 43 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 301 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .321. As a team, the Samsung Lions are putting up 4.1 runs/g, which has them sitting at 7th in baseball.

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Jae Il Oh is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. Oh is sitting with a batting avereage of .283 for his career, with 522 scored runs and an OPS of .860. He has fanned 868 times and has been walked on 478 occasions, contributing to a .365 OBP. For his career, Oh has hit 183 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 722 runs. His slugging percentage is .495 and he has totaled 1,811 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 4,219 times and also came through with a hit 1,034 times.

The Samsung Lions have 1,956 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 728 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .975 which ranks 8th in Korean baseball and they have twisted 58 double plays. The Lions have swiped 23 bags and have been caught 18 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 43.9%.

The Lions have a team ERA of 3.84 for the year (5th in the league), and their staff has struck out 486 hitters. Lions pitchers have allowed 58 home runs in addition to 331 runs in total (4th in baseball). Samsung has conceded 679 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 278 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.97 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.42.

NC has accumulated 48 long balls over the course of the season and 259 RBIs. They have put up 128 doubles, while walking 223 times and putting up 274 runs. The NC Dinos have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .316 as well as a team batting average of .245 on the year. The Dinos have a team slugging percentage of .363 and they score 3.81 runs per contest (10th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 512 instances (5th in KBO) and have totaled 596 base hits.

Nick Martini is a hitter who can be a difference maker for NC. In the 4,426 at-bats in his baseball career, Martini has a batting average of .275 with 1,216 base knocks. He has homered 70 times, in addition to having 1,737 total bases and also a .392 slugging %. Martini has earned a walk 630 times while striking out on 784 attempts. He has compiled 673 runs in addition to having 583 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .373 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .765.

The NC Dinos have turned 54 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .975 (7th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have recorded 682 assists, 66 errors and have accumulated 1,927 putouts so far this year. In their 66 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 41 times and been caught 25 times (37.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Dinos have a team WHIP of 1.381 and have a FIP of 4.47 as a team so far this season. They are sitting at 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 621. The NC pitching staff have given up 319 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.88 (277 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.25 (599 strikeouts against 266 free passes). They have given up 52 homers and they relinquish 4.47 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung

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