LG Twins vs NC Dinos Prediction, 6/21/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs NC Dinos

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Ah-seop Son and the NC Dinos (34-26, 3rd in KBO) play the LG Twins (39-24, 1st in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

The Twins have hit 112 doubles as a team and have hit 36 balls out of the park. LG has a slugging % of .392 and have been rung up 398 times, while drawing a walk on 288 occasions. As a team, the LG Twins are notching 5.3 runs per game, which ranks them 1st in the league. They have 324 runs batted in as well as 622 hits so far this year, and their team batting average is .281. They have earned a total of 341 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .369.

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Austin Dean is a batter who can be a difference maker for LG. In his career, Dean has slapped 105 balls out of the park while knocking in 539 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 4,216 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,062 times. Dean has hit .281 for his career in baseball, in addition to 564 scored runs and an OPS of .786. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .441 in addition to earning 1,667 bases. He has struck out 748 times and has gotten a free base on 348 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .345 on-base percentage.

The Twins have swiped 47 bags and have been caught 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 19.0%. The LG Twins have a total of 1,763 putouts this season, as well as 573 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .973 which ranks 10th in Korean baseball and they have turned 55 double plays.

The Twins have an earned run average of 3.62 this year (3rd in KBO), and their staff has rung up 443 hitters. LG has given up 554 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 236 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.89 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.34. Twins pitchers have yielded 32 home runs and 285 runs in total (5th in the league).

NC has hit 41 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 282 runs batted in. They hit 100 doubles, while walking 232 times and putting up 303 runs. The NC Dinos are sitting with an on-base percentage of .354 and a team batting average of .272 this season. The Dinos have a team SLG% of .393 and they average 4.97 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 451 occasions (4th in the league) and have accounted for 569 hits.

Ah-seop Son is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Son has drawn a free base 877 times while striking out on 1,181 tries. His on-base percentage is .395 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .853. In the 7,194 at-bats in his pro career, Son has an average at the plate of .321 with 2,309 hits. He has recorded 1,255 runs in addition to having 958 runs batted in. He has gone yard 170 times, with 3,297 bases in total and also a .458 slugging percentage.

Of their 63 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 42 times and been caught 21 times (33.3% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos have turned 56 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .973 (9th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have 543 assists, 60 errors and have accounted for 1,633 putouts so far this season.

The Dinos are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.301 in addition to having a FIP of 4.02 as a staff on the year. They have a ranking of 10th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 468. The NC pitching staff have given up 243 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.56 (215 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.13 (510 strikeouts against 240 walks). They have allowed 44 dingers and they relinquish 4.02 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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