SSG Landers vs NC Dinos Prediction, 4/3/2022 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs NC Dinos

Date: Sunday, April 3, 2022

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (+111) NC (-140)

Changwon NC Park is the site where Drew Rucinski and the NC Dinos (67-67, 7th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (66-63, 5th in KBO) on Sunday. The odds on this game have the Landers coming in at +111 and the Dinos are at -140. The O/U is set at 6.5. The starting pitchers are Wilmer Font and Drew Rucinski.

As a team, the SSG Landers scored 5.3 runs per game, which had them at 1st in the league. They notched a total of 752 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .354. The Landers hit 203 doubles as a team and hit 184 balls out of the park. They accumulated 709 RBI's and 1,268 hits last year, while their team batting average sat at .261. SSG had a slugging rate of .421 and were rung up 1,045 times, while getting the free base on 634 occasions.

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Ju-hwan Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 86 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 490 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .448 and he has a total of 1,358 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 3,440 times and has delivered a base hit 884 times. He has struck out 449 times and has gotten a free base on 294 occasions, which has contributed to a .358 OBP. Choi has accrued an average at the plate of .291 for his career in baseball, in addition to 428 runs scored and an OPS of .807.

The Landers stole 105 bags and were caught 46 times, which means their caught stealing percentage was 30.5%. The SSG Landers amassed 3,830 putouts over the course of last season, as well as 1,407 assists and 102 errors. Their fielding rate held steady at .981 which was 5th in KBO and had 124 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio was 1.61 and their pitching staff finished with a WHIP of 1.50. Landers pitchers relinquished 147 long balls in addition to 733 total runs (4th in KBO). SSG yielded 1,283 base knocks (9.1 per 9 innings) and also 676 earned runs. The Landers finished with a team earned run average of 4.80 for the previous season (8th in baseball), and their staff struck out 1,006 hitters.

Font has taken the hill for 1,165 innings and is sitting with 1,232 K's in his pro baseball career. Font (69-57 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.49 while he has faced 4,986 opposing batters during his time in baseball. His ERA is 3.98 (515 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.285. He has surrendered 1,019 hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) and has had 478 walks.

The Dinos had a slugging percentage of .416 and they averaged 4.87 runs per game (7th in the league). They recorded 202 doubles, while taking a walk 507 times as well as earning 697 runs. NC tallied 168 HRs in the previous season as well as 665 RBIs. They struck out on 1,086 occasions (2nd in the league) and had a total of 1,244 base hits. The NC Dinos compiled a team on-base percentage of .343 in addition to a batting average of .261 during the previous year.

Ui-ji Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. For the 4,604 official at-bats in his baseball career, Yang has recorded a batting average of .309 with 1,424 hits. He has hit the long ball 208 times, with 2,329 total bases and also a .506 slugging percentage. Yang has tallied a free base 510 times while fanning on 597 occasions. He has scored 702 runs in addition to having earned 850 RBIs. His OBP is .390 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .896.

Out of their 124 tries at swiping a bag, they were successful 84 times and were caught 40 times (32.3% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos turned 105 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .979 (8th in Korean baseball). The Dinos accrued 1,287 assists, 111 errors and accounted for 3,770 putouts over the course of last season.

The Dinos had a WHIP of 1.476 and were the owners of a FIP of 4.95 as a team over the course of last year. They finished at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,256. The NC pitching staff surrendered 686 runs over the course of last season while having an ERA of 4.50 (624 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio was 1.79 (1,046 strikeouts against 585 bases on balls). They allowed 122 home runs and they allowed 4.95 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Rucinski has given up 1,449 base hits while tallying 1,243 punch outs in 1,454 innings pitched. Rucinski (93-78 career mark) has earned a 3.63 ERA and has conceded 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed a total of 587 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.279 and having a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.03 and he has gone up against 5,803 opposing hitters during his career.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take NC (-140) and under the total runs

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