NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/14/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Addison Russell and the Kiwoom Heroes (14-19, 8th in KBO) host the NC Dinos (17-14, 4th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Sunday, May 14, 2023.

NC has a slugging % of .377 and have been called out on strikes 267 times, while drawing a walk on 108 occasions. They have accumulated 128 RBI's as well as 284 hits for the season, and their batting average is .270. The Dinos have tallied 38 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 21 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 142 runs while having a team OBP of .351. As a squad, the NC Dinos are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which is 3rd in KBO.

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Ju Won Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. For his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 20 balls out of the park while driving in 79 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to the plate 634 times and got on base with a base hit 129 times. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .237 for his career, in addition to 68 scored runs and an OPS of .725. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .398 and he has accumulated 217 bases. He has struck out 182 times and has taken a walk on 57 occasions, which contributes in part to a .327 on-base %.

The Dinos have stolen 20 bases and have been thrown out 12 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 37.5%. The NC Dinos have accounted for 822 putouts so far this season, in addition to 273 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .969 which has them sitting 10th in the league and they have twisted 27 double plays.

The Dinos have a team ERA of 3.25 for the season (1st in baseball), and the staff has rung up 275 hitters. Dinos pitchers have given up 17 long balls and also 117 runs (9th in baseball). NC has conceded 224 base hits (7.4 per 9 innings) as well as 99 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.46 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Heroes have a team slugging % of .336 and they have an average of 3.88 runs per contest (9th in baseball). They have notched 50 two-baggers, while walking 111 times and putting up 128 runs. Kiwoom has tallied 13 long balls for the season as well as 121 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 251 instances (3rd in KBO) and have recorded 281 hits. The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated an OBP of .319 as well as a batting average of .243 for the year.

Addison Russell is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Russell has drawn a free base 29 times while fanning on 54 occasions. He has compiled 36 runs and has 59 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .329 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .707. He has hit a home run 5 times, with 136 total bases and also a .378 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 360 at-bats in his pro career, Russell has hit .272 and has racked up 98 hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 32 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in the league). The Heroes have accrued 326 assists, 26 errors and have 884 putouts so far this season. Out of their 40 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 28 times and been caught 12 times (30.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.319 and have a FIP of 3.94 as a unit this season. They sit at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 296. The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 129 runs this season while having a team ERA of 3.49 (114 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.50 (230 strikeouts against 92 free passes). They have surrendered 13 homers and they relinquish 3.94 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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