NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/23/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Zach Reks and the Lotte Giants (22-14, 3rd in KBO) play the NC Dinos (20-19, 5th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

NC has a slugging % of .377 and have been rung up 318 times, while taking a walk on 140 occasions. They have recorded 164 RBI's in addition to 363 base knocks on the year, while their batting average sits at .272. The Dinos have hit 55 doubles as a team and have knocked 24 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 178 runs while holding a team OBP of .351. As a unit, the NC Dinos are putting up 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 3rd in baseball.

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Kun Woo Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for NC. In his professional baseball career, Park has hit 101 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 564 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 4,150 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,198 times. Park has a batting average of .326 for his baseball career, with 653 runs scored and an OPS of .876. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .485 and he has racked up 1,784 bases. He has gone down on strikes 552 times and has taken a walk on 341 occasions, contributing to a .391 on-base %.

The Dinos have swiped 24 bags and have been gunned down 13 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 35.1%. The NC Dinos are sitting with 1,042 putouts thus far, as well as 337 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .972 which has them ranked 10th in KBO and have a total of 32 double plays.

The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 3.47 so far this year (4th in the league), and the staff has rung up 350 hitters. Dinos pitchers have allowed 29 home runs and also 154 total runs (8th in the league). NC has conceded 305 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 134 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.46 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29.

Lotte has accumulated 16 HRs this year to go along with 153 runs batted in. They have notched 52 doubles, while taking a walk 135 times and putting up 168 runs. The Lotte Giants have accounted for an OBP of .331 in addition to a batting average of .254 over the course of the season. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .350 and they average 4.67 runs per outing (2nd in KBO). They have struck out on 235 occasions (10th in the league) and have recorded 308 base knocks.

Zach Reks is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Over the course of the 2,231 at-bats in his pro career, Reks has compiled an average at the plate of .302 with 673 hits. He has gone yard 80 times, as well as 1,055 bases in total and also a .473 slugging %. Reks has earned a free base 285 times while going down on strikes on 542 attempts. He has scored 381 runs and notched 368 runs batted in. His OBP is .389 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .862.

Of their 38 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 29 times and been caught 9 times (23.7% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 26 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (2nd in the league). The Giants have recorded 312 assists, 17 errors and are sitting with 971 putouts during this campaign.

The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 162 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.26 (153 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 21 home runs and they surrender 4.50 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.445 with a FIP of 4.50 as a pitching staff this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 (284 strikeouts against 136 bases on balls). They are sitting at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 331.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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