NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/20/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears

Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Kun Woo Park and the NC Dinos (65-53, 3rd in KBO) go to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, where they'll meet the Doosan Bears (64-57, 4th in KBO).

The Dinos have hit 191 doubles as a unit and have knocked 82 balls out of the stadium. NC has a slugging rate of .391 and have been called out on strikes 855 times, while being walked on 432 occasions. As a unit, the NC Dinos are scoring 4.8 runs/g, which has them at 3rd in baseball. They have accumulated 543 RBI's and 1,120 base knocks this year, and their batting average is .272. They have earned a total of 574 runs while having a team OBP of .350.

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Kun Woo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. In his career, Park has drilled 25 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 114 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .369 in addition to having tallied 299 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to the plate 952 times and got on base with a base hit 188 times. He has fanned 247 times and has walked on 89 occasions, which contributes in part to a .328 OBP. Park has an average at the plate of .232 for his career, in addition to 105 scored runs and an OPS of .697.

The Dinos have stolen 82 bases and have been caught 35 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.9%. The NC Dinos have amassed 3,220 putouts this year, in addition to 1,138 assists and 107 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .976 which ranks 10th in the league and have earned 116 double plays.

The Dinos have a team ERA of 3.67 over the course of the season (1st in baseball), and the staff has struck out 924 batters. NC has conceded 954 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 437 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.07 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.31. Dinos pitchers have conceded 78 home runs in addition to 497 runs in total (10th in the league).

The Bears have a slugging percentage of .376 and they are recording 4.40 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have put up 181 doubles, while walking 430 times as well as scoring 537 runs. Doosan has accumulated 85 long balls for the year to go along with 488 RBIs. They have struck out on 826 occasions (7th in the league) and have accounted for 1,067 base hits. The Doosan Bears have earned a team on-base percentage of .335 and a team batting average of .258 this season.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Jung has tallied a free base 368 times while being called out on strikes on 412 tries. His on-base percentage is .356 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .741. In the 4,600 at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has an average at the plate of .292 in addition to 1,342 base hits. He has compiled 691 runs and has 570 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 51 times, with 1,770 total bases and a .385 slugging percentage.

The Doosan Bears have turned 91 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in Korean baseball). The Bears have recorded 1,097 assists, 96 errors and have notched a total of 3,270 putouts so far this year. Of their 88 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 53 times and been caught 35 times (39.8% caught stealing rate).

The Bears have a WHIP of 1.369 with a FIP of 4.45 as a staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.07 (866 strikeouts against 419 free passes). They rank 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 1,073. They have conceded 77 homers and they yield 4.45 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have yielded 539 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.97 (481 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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