Kiwoom Heroes vs NC Dinos Prediction, 8/4/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs NC Dinos

Date: Friday, August 4, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Changwon NC Park is the site where Ah-seop Son and the NC Dinos (44-42, 4th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (41-52, 9th in KBO) on Friday, August 4, 2023.

Kiwoom has a slugging % of .344 and have struck out 729 times, while drawing a walk on 335 occasions. They have 367 RBI's and 843 hits this season, and their batting average sits at .253. The Heroes have hit 150 doubles as a unit and have hit 39 balls out of the park. They have earned 381 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .327. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 4.0 runs per game, which ranks them 10th in KBO.

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Jung Hoo Lee is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. For his pro baseball career, Lee has drilled 65 balls out of the park while knocking in 515 runs. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 3,946 times and has delivered a hit 1,181 times. Lee is sitting with a batting avereage of .340 for his career, with 581 runs scored and an OPS of .898. His slugging percentage is .491 in addition to having tallied 1,706 bases. He has fanned 304 times and earned a walk on 383 occasions, contributing to a .407 OBP.

The Kiwoom Heroes have earned a total of 2,597 putouts on the year, as well as 951 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .981 which has them ranked 4th in the league and have a total of 87 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 75 bags and have been caught 24 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 24.2%.

The Heroes have a team earned run average of 3.92 so far this season (4th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 682 hitters. Kiwoom has conceded 871 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 377 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.25 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.36. Heroes pitchers have yielded 49 home runs and also 419 total runs (2nd in baseball).

The Dinos hold a team SLG% of .385 and they are earning 4.68 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They have 135 two-baggers, while taking a walk 311 times and earning 407 runs. NC has accounted for 59 home runs this season in addition to 381 runs batted in. They have struck out on 646 occasions (4th in baseball) and have tallied 795 hits. The NC Dinos have accounted for a team OBP of .345 and a team batting average of .267 this season.

Ah-seop Son is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Son has drawn a free base 886 times while being called out on strikes on 1,195 chances. His OBP comes in at .395 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .853. During the 7,288 official at-bats in his pro career, Son has recorded a batting average of .321 in addition to 2,340 base hits. He has accumulated 1,270 runs in addition to having earned 970 RBIs. He has homered 172 times, with 3,337 total bases and a .458 slugging percentage.

The NC Dinos have turned 85 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .974 (10th in KBO). The Dinos have racked up 813 assists, 84 errors and have accumulated 2,339 putouts for the season. Of their 94 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 65 times and been caught 29 times (30.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Dinos hold a team WHIP of 1.346 with a FIP of 4.34 as a team this season. They come in at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 704. The NC pitching staff have yielded 376 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 3.75 (325 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.99 (685 strikeouts vs 345 walks). They have conceded 60 HR's and they concede 4.34 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom

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