NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/2/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions

Date: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Min-ho Kang and the Samsung Lions (66-76, 7th in KBO last year) will take on the NC Dinos (67-74, 6th in KBO last season) on Sunday, April 2, 2023.

NC had a slugging percentage of .375 and were called out on strikes 981 times, while being walked on 501 occasions. They accrued 613 RBI's in addition to 1,260 hits in the prior season, while their batting average was at .257. The Dinos compiled 230 doubles as a team and hit 105 balls out of the stadium. They had 646 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .334. As a team, the NC Dinos put up 4.5 runs per game, which put them at 5th in the league.

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Jason Martin is a batter who should impact this game for NC. Martin has hit .206 for his career, with 21 scored runs and an OPS of .588. He has gone down on strikes 55 times and has been walked on 14 occasions, which has contributed to a .263 OBP. In his career, Martin has hit 6 baseballs over the fence while driving in 19 runs. His slugging percentage is .328 and he has totaled 60 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 205 times and has reached base with a hit 39 times.

The NC Dinos accounted for 3,860 putouts over the course of the prior season, in addition to 1,360 assists and 127 errors. Their fielding percentage finished at .976 which had them sitting 9th in KBO and accumulated 115 double plays. The Dinos stole 60 bases and were caught 42 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage was 41.2%.

The Dinos finished with a team earned run average of 3.90 over the course of last year (4th in the league), and their staff struck out 1,168 hitters. NC allowed 1,230 base knocks (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 557 earned runs. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.27 and the pitching staff finished with a WHIP of 1.36. Dinos pitchers allowed 111 home runs in addition to 642 runs in total (6th in baseball).

Samsung tallied 103 home runs over the course of the prior season as well as 627 RBIs. They have recorded 241 two-baggers, while taking a walk 446 times and putting up 663 runs. The Samsung Lions are sitting with an on-base percentage of .334 in addition to a batting average of .270 last year. The Lions held a team slugging % of .387 and they were earning 4.60 runs per contest (4th in baseball). They were rung up on 1,029 occasions (5th in baseball) and recorded 1,358 base hits.

Min-ho Kang is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. For the 6,783 official at-bats in his pro career, Kang has earned a batting average of .275 in addition to 1,863 hits. He has hit the long ball 303 times, with 3,130 total bases and also a .461 slugging percentage. Kang has recorded a walk 719 times while fanning on 1,412 attempts. He has accumulated 861 runs in addition to having 1,088 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .354 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .815.

Out of their 86 chances at getting a steal, they were successful 51 times and were caught 35 times (40.7% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions twisted 125 double plays and had a fielding rate of .978 (7th in KBO). The Lions had 1,448 assists, 118 errors and are sitting with 3,861 putouts last season.

The Lions held a team WHIP of 1.436 in addition to having a FIP of 4.86 as a pitching staff last season. Their strikeout to walk ratio came in at 2.03 (971 strikeouts against 478 free passes). They ranked 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,370. They gave up 129 long balls and they relinquished 4.86 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff relinquished 695 runs over the course of last season while having a team ERA of 4.29 (613 earned runs surrendered).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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