Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos Prediction, 8/17/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos

Date: Thursday, August 17, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (40-52, 8th in KBO) travel to Changwon NC Park on Thursday, August 17, 2023, where they'll meet the NC Dinos (50-46, 4th in KBO).

The Eagles have earned 143 doubles as a team and have knocked 71 balls out of the stadium. Hanwha has a slugging percentage of .349 and have been called out on strikes 816 times, while drawing a walk on 378 occasions. As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are scoring 4.2 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in baseball. They have accounted for 385 runs batted in as well as 805 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average is sitting at .240. They have accounted for 410 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .325.

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Eun-won Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For his career, Jung has hit 31 baseballs out of the park while driving in 217 runs. For his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 2,753 times and has notched a hit 614 times. Jung has an average at the plate of .262 for his career, with 342 scored runs and an OPS of .716. He has earned a slugging percentage of .356 and he has accumulated 835 bases. He has gone down on strikes 465 times and has been walked on 357 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .360 on-base %.

The Hanwha Eagles have earned 2,669 putouts thus far, in addition to 947 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which ranks 3rd in the league and they have turned 80 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 60 bases and have been thrown out 37 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 38.1%.

The Eagles have an ERA of 4.13 this season (7th in the league), and the staff has struck out 740 batters. Hanwha has given up 847 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 408 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.37. Eagles pitchers have allowed 61 long balls and 450 runs in total (4th in KBO).

The Dinos have a team SLG% of .379 and they average 4.63 runs per contest (4th in the league). They have 150 doubles, while taking a walk 350 times and putting up 454 runs. NC has hit 63 home runs for the year to go along with 426 RBIs. They have struck out on 706 occasions (4th in KBO) and have earned a total of 892 base hits. The NC Dinos have an OBP of .344 in addition to a team batting average of .265 so far this season.

Ju Won Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Over the course of the 738 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .230 with 170 base knocks. He has homered 21 times, with 267 bases in total and a .362 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a free base 84 times while going down on strikes on 231 occasions. He has accumulated 93 runs in addition to having 95 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .330 and he also has a career OPS of .692.

The NC Dinos have turned 92 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (10th in the league). The Dinos have recorded 913 assists, 89 errors and have a tally of 2,635 putouts so far this season. In their 100 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 70 times and been caught 30 times (30.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Dinos hold a team WHIP of 1.316 with a FIP of 4.21 as a squad on the season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.03 (763 strikeouts against 375 walks). They have a ranking of 10th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 781. They have conceded 67 homers and they allow 4.21 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The NC pitching staff have allowed 411 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.67 (358 earned runs allowed).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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