NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/18/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, August 18, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (49-49, 5th in KBO) host the NC Dinos (50-47, 4th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, August 18, 2023.

NC has a slugging % of .379 and have been called out on strikes 709 times, while drawing a walk on 353 occasions. They have accounted for 429 RBI's as well as 897 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average sits at .265. The Dinos have earned 152 doubles as a unit and have hit 63 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 457 runs and hold an OBP of .343. As a team, the NC Dinos are scoring 4.6 runs per contest, which has them at 4th in baseball.

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Kun Woo Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Park has hit .325 in his time in baseball, with 686 runs scored and an OPS of .875. He has struck out 578 times and earned a walk on 362 occasions, which contributes in part to a .390 OBP. For his career, Park has slapped 106 balls out of the park while knocking in 595 runs. His slugging percentage is .485 in addition to racking up 1,878 bases. In his time in the Majors, he faced a pitcher 4,368 times and has come through with a base knock 1,257 times.

The NC Dinos have 2,662 putouts thus far, as well as 928 assists and 89 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .976 which has them sitting 9th in KBO and have 94 double plays. The Dinos have stolen 71 bags and have been gunned down 30 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 29.7%.

The Dinos hold a team ERA of 3.67 over the course of the season (2nd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 768 batters. Dinos pitchers have conceded 67 home runs and also 415 runs in total (9th in the league). NC has given up 789 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and also 362 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.02 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.32.

The Bears hold a team SLG% of .370 and they average 4.12 runs per game (9th in KBO). They hit 140 doubles, while getting a free base 340 times as well as putting up 408 runs. Doosan is sitting with 69 home runs for the season and 374 runs batted in. They have struck out on 670 occasions (7th in baseball) and have tallied 839 base hits. The Doosan Bears have accumulated an OBP of .329 in addition to a batting average of .251 over the course of the season.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. During the 4,627 at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has compiled an average at the plate of .279 and has racked up 1,291 hits. He has homered 31 times, with 1,722 total bases and a .372 slugging percentage. Jung has drawn a walk 447 times while fanning on 686 plate appearances. He has accumulated 793 runs in addition to having earned 491 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .349 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .721.

Out of their 70 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 38 times and been caught 32 times (45.7% caught stealing rate). The Doosan Bears have turned 74 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in the league). The Bears have racked up 875 assists, 78 errors and have amassed 2,647 putouts for the year.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.352 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.53 as a pitching staff for the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.10 (711 strikeouts against 338 free passes). They are sitting at 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 855. They have given up 60 home runs and they concede 4.53 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 444 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.02 (394 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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