NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 6/28/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears

Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Suk Hwan Yang and the Doosan Bears (32-34, 5th in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (35-30, 3rd in KBO) on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

NC has a slugging rate of .386 and have been called out on strikes 488 times, while being walked on 250 occasions. They have accrued 298 runs batted in as well as 605 hits for the season, while their team batting average sits at .267. The Dinos have compiled 103 doubles as a team and have knocked 44 balls out of the park. They have 320 runs while holding a team OBP of .350. As a team, the NC Dinos are knocking in 4.9 runs per contest, which is 2nd in baseball.

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Ah-seop Son is a batter who can be a difference maker for NC. In his career, Son has hit 170 baseballs out of the park while driving in 959 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he approached the plate 8,191 times and has come through with a hit 2,312 times. Son has hit .321 for his career, with 1,257 runs scored and an OPS of .853. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .458 in addition to having tallied 3,301 bases. He has struck out 1,182 times and has walked on 878 occasions, contributing to a .395 OBP.

The Dinos have stolen 48 bags and have been thrown out 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 33.3%. The NC Dinos have earned 1,780 putouts for the season, as well as 603 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .972 which puts them in 10th in KBO and have 62 double plays.

The Dinos have a team earned run average of 3.63 for the year (4th in the league), and they have struck out 548 hitters. NC has relinquished 524 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 239 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.34. Dinos pitchers have allowed 46 home runs in addition to 273 total runs (10th in KBO).

The Doosan Bears have an on-base percentage of .332 in addition to a batting average of .255 so far this year. They have been rung up on 433 instances (10th in the league) and have notched a total of 576 hits. Doosan is sitting with 47 home runs on the campaign as well as 251 RBIs. The Bears have a team slugging percentage of .369 and they are recording 4.15 runs per contest (7th in KBO). They have put up 96 two-baggers, while walking 233 times as well as putting up 278 runs.

Suk Hwan Yang is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. For the 2,734 at-bats in his pro career, Yang has accrued an average at the plate of .263 and has racked up 720 hits. He has gone yard 111 times, with 1,201 total bases and also a .439 slugging percentage. Yang has drawn a walk 186 times while fanning on 618 attempts. He is sitting with 339 runs and notched 447 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .315 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .754.

In their 44 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 23 times and been caught 21 times (47.7% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have twisted 51 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .975 (8th in the league). The Bears have recorded 583 assists, 60 errors and have notched a total of 1,776 putouts over the course of the season.

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.417 with a FIP of 4.85 as a team so far this season. They rank 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 597. The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 319 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.26 (280 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.95 (471 strikeouts vs 242 free passes). They have given up 43 home runs and they give up 4.85 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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