Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos Prediction, 5/26/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos

Date: Friday, May 26, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Kun Woo Park and the NC Dinos (21-20, 5th in KBO) host the Hanwha Eagles (14-25, 9th in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Friday, May 26, 2023.

The Eagles have tallied 60 doubles as a squad and have hit 23 balls out of the park. Hanwha has a slugging percentage of .316 and have been rung up 361 times, while getting the free base on 150 occasions. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are notching 3.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball. They have tallied 140 RBI's and 318 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .224. They have a total of 148 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .305.

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Si Hwan Roh is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Noh has accrued an average at the plate of .254 for his career, in addition to 203 scored runs and an OPS of .745. He has struck out 426 times and has been walked on 187 occasions, which contributes in part to a .340 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Noh has hit 46 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 221 runs. His slugging percentage is .405 and he has a total of 609 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 1,716 times and has notched a hit 382 times.

The Eagles have stolen 28 bases and have been caught 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 42.9%. The Hanwha Eagles have accumulated 1,148 putouts on the campaign, as well as 428 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .980 which is 4th in the league and have 40 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.92 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.37. Eagles pitchers have given up 28 long balls in addition to 177 total runs (5th in the league). Hanwha has allowed 357 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 163 earned runs. The Eagles have compiled a team ERA of 3.84 so far this year (6th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 319 hitters.

The NC Dinos have recorded a team on-base percentage of .348 as well as a batting average of .269 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 331 occasions (2nd in the league) and have earned 377 base hits. NC has compiled 24 home runs on the campaign to go along with 167 runs batted in. The Dinos hold a team slugging percentage of .374 and they average 4.41 runs per game (3rd in KBO). They hit 59 doubles, while walking 146 times as well as putting up 181 runs.

Kun Woo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Over the course of the 3,684 official at-bats in his professional career, Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .326 and has racked up 1,202 base knocks. He has hit the long ball 101 times, with 1,788 total bases and also a .485 slugging percentage. Park has tallied a free base 343 times while fanning on 552 tries. He has accrued 654 runs in addition to having earned 564 RBIs. His on-base % is .391 and he has a career OPS of .876.

Of their 40 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 24 times and been caught 16 times (40.0% caught stealing rate). The NC Dinos have turned 34 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .973 (9th in KBO). The Dinos have 359 assists, 40 errors and have accumulated 1,093 putouts for the season.

The Dinos have a team WHIP of 1.283 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.88 as a unit so far this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.42 (361 strikeouts against 149 walks). They rank 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 318. They have given up 29 homers and they relinquish 3.88 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The NC pitching staff have conceded 157 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 3.39 (137 earned runs relinquished).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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