NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/25/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Kun Woo Park and the NC Dinos (10-10, 5th in KBO) are headed to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (7-10, 8th in KBO).

As a unit, the NC Dinos are compiling 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 5th in the league. They have a total of 91 runs and hold an OBP of .346. The Dinos have compiled 27 doubles as a team and have knocked 13 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 82 RBI's as well as 179 base knocks for the season, while their batting average is sitting at .266. NC is slugging .379 and have been called out on strikes 180 times, while being walked on 68 occasions.

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Kun Woo Park is a batter who should impact this game for NC. In his professional baseball career, Park has drilled 99 balls over the fence while driving in 551 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .486 in addition to earning 1,757 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 4,071 times and has delivered a hit 1,179 times. He has been struck out 540 times and has taken a walk on 329 occasions, which contributes in part to a .390 on-base percentage. Park has earned a batting average of .326 for his baseball career, in addition to 644 scored runs and an OPS of .876.

The Dinos have swiped 16 bags and have been thrown out 8 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 33.3%. The NC Dinos have notched a total of 531 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 177 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .959 which is 10th in KBO and have a total of 17 double plays.

The Dinos have compiled a team earned run average of 3.36 on the season (3rd in KBO), and their staff has rung up 173 hitters. NC has given up 158 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 66 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.32. Dinos pitchers have given up 11 home runs and 80 total runs (7th in KBO).

Kia has accounted for 7 HRs on the season as well as 55 runs batted in. They hit 18 doubles, while getting a free base 60 times and scoring 60 runs. The Kia Tigers are sitting with an OBP of .332 as well as a batting average of .258 this year. The Tigers hold a team SLG% of .333 and they score 3.53 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 139 occasions (4th in the league) and have accounted for 148 base knocks.

Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park has recorded a walk 190 times while fanning on 378 plate appearances. He has accounted for 287 runs in addition to having earned 199 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .302 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .601. He has hit it out of the park 10 times, in addition to having 645 bases in total and also a .299 slugging %. During the 2,158 at-bats in his professional career, Park has earned a batting average of .241 in addition to 521 hits.

Of their 18 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 13 times and been caught 5 times (27.8% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 13 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (4th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 157 assists, 14 errors and are sitting with 448 putouts this year.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.435 with a FIP of 4.22 as a team so far this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.45 (123 strikeouts against 85 walks). They are currently ranked 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 129. They have relinquished 14 HR's and they relinquish 4.22 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 70 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.04 (67 earned runs yielded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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