NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 6/16/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, June 16, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (25-30, 6th in KBO) play the NC Dinos (32-25, 3rd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Friday, June 16, 2023.

NC is slugging .384 and have struck out 423 times, while being walked on 214 occasions. They have earned 247 RBI's as well as 515 hits this season, and their average at the plate comes in at .266. The Dinos have tallied 90 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 37 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 265 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .350. As a team, the NC Dinos are compiling 4.7 runs per game, which ranks them 2nd in the league.

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Kun Woo Park is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. Park has accumulated a batting average of .324 in his time in baseball, in addition to 661 scored runs and an OPS of .873. He has fanned 557 times and has walked on 353 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .390 on-base percentage. In his career, Park has hit 102 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 567 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .483 and he has accumulated 1,805 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped into the batters box 4,222 times and has come through with a hit 1,212 times.

The NC Dinos have notched a total of 1,519 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 499 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .974 which is 9th in the league and they have turned 49 double plays. The Dinos have stolen 39 bases and have been thrown out 19 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 32.8%.

The Dinos have a team ERA of 3.33 over the course of the season (1st in the league), and they have rung up 482 hitters. Dinos pitchers have conceded 36 long balls in addition to 213 runs in total (10th in baseball). NC has allowed 432 base hits (7.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 187 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.29.

The Tigers have a team slugging % of .358 and they score 4.13 runs per game (7th in the league). They have 76 doubles, while taking a walk 186 times and scoring 227 runs. Kia has accounted for 29 home runs this year to go along with 211 RBIs. They have been rung up on 416 occasions (6th in baseball) and have tallied 496 hits. The Kia Tigers have an OBP of .335 as well as a batting average of .264 for the year.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. For the 7,215 official at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has recorded a batting average of .312 with 2,254 base hits. He has gone deep 362 times, in addition to having 3,850 total bases and a .534 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a walk 1,043 times while striking out on 1,275 chances. He is sitting with 1,187 runs and also has 1,493 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .402 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .936.

Out of their 50 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 39 times and been caught 11 times (22.0% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 58 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have recorded 493 assists, 37 errors and have amassed 1,451 putouts on the campaign.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.378 with a FIP of 4.09 as a pitching staff for the season. They sit at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 433. The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 220 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.61 (194 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.70 (396 strikeouts against 233 bases on balls). They have surrendered 27 long balls and they concede 4.09 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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