NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/25/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV

Jin Hyuk No and the Lotte Giants (23-14, 3rd in KBO) host the NC Dinos (20-20, 5th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

As a unit, the NC Dinos are scoring 4.5 runs/g, which has them sitting at 3rd in the league. They have notched a total of 178 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .348. The Dinos have recorded 56 two-baggers as a team and have hit 24 balls out of the park. They have recorded 164 runs batted in and 369 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is sitting at .270. NC has a slugging percentage of .373 and have struck out 325 times, while drawing a walk on 141 occasions.

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Ju Won Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .242 for his career in baseball, with 72 runs scored and an OPS of .728. He has fanned 186 times and earned a walk on 60 occasions, contributing to a .331 on-base percentage. In his career, Kim has hit 20 baseballs out of the park while driving in 80 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .397 and he has racked up 228 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 669 times and has delivered with a hit 139 times.

The Dinos have swiped 24 bases and have been thrown out 16 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 40.0%. The NC Dinos have earned 1,066 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 349 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .973 which has them ranked 10th in the league and have accumulated 34 double plays.

The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 3.45 this season (3rd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 353 batters. Dinos pitchers have allowed 29 long balls in addition to 156 runs in total (9th in baseball). NC has conceded 312 base knocks (7.9 per 9 innings) and 136 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.45 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.28.

The Lotte Giants have earned an on-base percentage of .331 and a team batting average of .255 for the season. They have struck out on 238 occasions (10th in KBO) and have recorded 315 base hits. Lotte has tallied 16 home runs on the season and 155 RBIs. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .349 and they are scoring 4.59 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They have notched 53 two-baggers, while walking 137 times as well as putting up 170 runs.

Jin Hyuk No is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. No has drawn a walk 239 times while being called out on strikes on 600 chances. He has tallied 324 runs and also has 353 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .335 and he holds a career OPS of .762. He has homered 74 times, as well as 1,035 total bases and a .427 slugging %. Over the course of the 2,424 official at-bats in his career, No has compiled an average at the plate of .267 and has racked up 647 hits.

Of their 38 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 29 times and been caught 9 times (23.7% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 27 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 324 assists, 17 errors and are sitting with 998 putouts during this campaign.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.427 with a FIP of 4.38 as a squad on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.12 (291 strikeouts against 137 free passes). They come in at 8th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 337. They have yielded 21 home runs and they yield 4.38 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 162 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.15 (153 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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