NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/5/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears

Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SBS SPORTS

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (1-1, 2nd in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (1-1, 7th in KBO) on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

NC has a slugging percentage of .513 and have been called out on strikes 15 times, while being walked on 3 occasions. They have 14 RBI's and 26 hits on the campaign, and their batting average sits at .342. The Dinos have hit 5 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 2 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 14 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .363. As a squad, the NC Dinos are compiling 7.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 3rd in baseball.

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Ah-seop Son is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Son has hit .321 for his baseball career, with 1,221 scored runs and an OPS of .855. He has fanned 1,146 times and earned a walk on 859 occasions, contributing to a .396 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Son has hit 169 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 922 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .459 and he has totaled 3,193 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 7,921 times and has come through with a base knock 2,232 times.

The NC Dinos have a tally of 51 putouts this year, as well as 20 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .973 which ranks 5th in the league and have a total of 3 double plays. The Dinos have stolen 2 bags.

The Dinos are sitting with a team ERA of 4.24 so far this year (3rd in the league), and they have struck out 18 batters. NC has relinquished 17 base knocks (9.0 per 9 innings) and 8 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.53. Dinos pitchers have yielded 1 long ball and 8 total runs (10th in KBO).

The Bears hold a slugging % of .371 and they tally 6.00 runs per game (4th in baseball). They hit 2 doubles, while getting a free base 8 times and putting up 12 runs. Doosan has knocked in 2 home runs on the campaign in addition to 11 RBIs. They have struck out on 9 instances (10th in baseball) and have earned 18 base knocks. The Doosan Bears have tallied a team OBP of .346 in addition to a team batting average of .257 for the year.

Jae Hwan Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kim has recorded a free base 547 times while striking out on 973 chances. He has a total of 678 runs and racked up 797 RBIs. His OBP is .380 and he also has a career OPS of .909. He has hit it out of the park 225 times, with 2,040 bases in total and also a .529 slugging %. Over the course of the 3,856 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .291 with 1,121 hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 0 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .975 (4th in KBO). The Bears have recorded 17 assists, 2 errors and have a tally of 60 putouts so far this year. Of their 2 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 0 times and been caught 2 times (100.0% caught stealing rate).

The Doosan pitching staff have given up 12 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.40 (12 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 1 home run and they concede 5.40 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.500 in addition to having a FIP of 5.40 as a team for the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 0.91 (10 strikeouts against 11 walks). They sit at 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 19.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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