NC Dinos vs SSG Landers Prediction, 4/15/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs SSG Landers

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (7-1, 1st in KBO) play the NC Dinos (7-3, 3rd in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Saturday, April 15, 2023.

The Dinos have recorded 10 doubles as a unit and have hit 9 balls out of the stadium. NC is slugging .419 and have struck out 87 times, while drawing a walk on 28 occasions. As a unit, the NC Dinos are compiling 5.0 runs per outing, which has them at 3rd in baseball. They have accounted for 47 runs batted in as well as 95 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate sits at .289. They have 50 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .353.

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Ah-seop Son is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. For his professional baseball career, Son has hit 169 baseballs over the fence while driving in 926 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 7,954 times and has reached base with a hit 2,237 times. Son has hit .320 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,223 scored runs and an OPS of .853. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .458 in addition to racking up 3,201 bases. He has gone down on strikes 1,152 times and has been walked on 860 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .395 OBP.

The NC Dinos have accounted for 261 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 90 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .970 which has them sitting 7th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 9 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 3 bags and have been thrown out 3 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 50.0%.

The Dinos are sitting with a team earned run average of 2.17 for the season (1st in the league), and they have struck out 86 batters. NC has conceded 75 base knocks (7.8 per 9 innings) and 21 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.61 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.24. Dinos pitchers have allowed 4 home runs in addition to 25 total runs (9th in the league).

The Landers have a team slugging % of .372 and they are earning 4.63 runs per game (4th in baseball). They have hit 12 two-baggers, while walking 43 times as well as racking up 37 runs. SSG has knocked in 7 home runs on the year and 31 runs batted in. They have struck out on 48 occasions (9th in the league) and have tallied 64 base hits. The SSG Landers have accumulated an OBP of .359 as well as a batting average of .245 for the year.

Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In the 1,530 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has recorded a batting average of .276 in addition to 422 base knocks. He has hit a home run 16 times, with 573 bases in total and also a .375 slugging percentage. Choi has tallied a walk 139 times while going down on strikes on 231 tries. He has accrued 239 runs and has 135 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .342 and he also has a career OPS of .717.

In their 9 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 4 times and been caught 5 times (55.6% caught stealing rate). The SSG Landers have turned 10 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (2nd in the league). The Landers have recorded 84 assists, 4 errors and have earned a total of 216 putouts for the season.

The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.264 in addition to having a FIP of 2.88 as a unit so far this year. They sit at 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 57. The SSG pitching staff have given up 23 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 2.63 (21 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.71 (58 strikeouts against 34 bases on balls). They have given up 4 homers and they surrender 2.88 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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