NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/2/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Seung Min Go and the Lotte Giants (41-44, 6th in KBO) host the NC Dinos (43-41, 4th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, August 2, 2023.

The Dinos have compiled 131 doubles as a squad and have knocked 59 balls out of the stadium. NC is slugging .387 and have been called out on strikes 627 times, while being walked on 306 occasions. As a squad, the NC Dinos are notching 4.7 runs per contest, which has them at 4th in baseball. They have earned 374 RBI's in addition to 778 hits so far this year, while their team batting average sits at .267. They have accounted for 399 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .347.

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Ju Won Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Kim has earned a batting average of .232 for his baseball career, in addition to 91 runs scored and an OPS of .698. He has gone down on strikes 229 times and has taken a walk on 76 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .328 on-base percentage. For his career, Kim has hit 21 baseballs out of the park while driving in 94 runs. His slugging percentage is .370 in addition to having tallied 261 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 824 times and got on base with a base knock 164 times.

The NC Dinos have notched a total of 2,279 putouts so far this season, as well as 781 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .973 which is 10th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 81 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 61 bases and have been thrown out 29 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 32.2%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35. Dinos pitchers have conceded 59 home runs and 368 runs (9th in baseball). NC has allowed 687 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 317 earned runs. The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 3.76 this season (2nd in baseball), and the staff has rung up 678 hitters.

The Lotte Giants have compiled a team OBP of .327 in addition to a batting average of .255 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 588 occasions (6th in KBO) and have accounted for 727 base hits. Lotte has tallied 39 home runs this season to go along with 339 runs batted in. The Giants hold a slugging % of .347 and they average 4.32 runs per contest (6th in KBO). They have 121 two-baggers, while taking a walk 300 times as well as racking up 367 runs.

Seung Min Go is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Go has earned a walk 69 times while striking out on 136 attempts. He has a total of 80 runs and racked up 60 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .349 and he holds a career OPS of .744. He has gone deep 8 times, with 230 total bases and a .395 slugging percentage. During the 582 at-bats in his pro career, Go has a batting average of .273 with 159 base hits.

In their 83 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 58 times and been caught 25 times (30.1% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 67 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 797 assists, 49 errors and have a tally of 2,266 putouts for the season.

The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 401 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.41 (370 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 54 homers and they allow 4.78 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.503 in addition to having a FIP of 4.78 as a staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.81 (618 strikeouts against 341 bases on balls). They are sitting at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 794.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte

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