Doosan Bears vs NC Dinos Prediction, 3/24/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Doosan Bears vs NC Dinos
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2024
Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Kun Woo Park and the NC Dinos (75-67, 4th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (74-68, 5th in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Sunday, March 24, 2024.
The Bears hit 210 doubles as a squad and knocked 100 balls out of the park. Doosan had a slugging rate of .373 and struck out 975 times, while drawing a walk on 505 occasions. As a unit, the Doosan Bears compiled 4.3 runs per game, which ranked them 8th in the league. They accrued 565 runs batted in as well as 1,238 hits over the course of last year, while their batting average came in at .255. They tallied 620 runs while holding a team OBP of .332.
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Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For his professional baseball career, Jung has hit 32 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 497 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .373 and he has totaled 1,777 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 5,463 times and has come through with a base knock 1,332 times. He has gone down on strikes 706 times and has gotten a free base on 472 occasions, which contributes in part to a .351 OBP. Jung has accumulated a batting average of .279 for his baseball career, in addition to 820 scored runs and an OPS of .724.
The Doosan Bears accumulated 3,854 putouts during the previous year, as well as 1,300 assists and 114 errors. Their fielding percentage held steady at .978 which had them ranked 7th in KBO and had a total of 108 double plays. The Bears stole 60 bases and were thrown out 40 times, which means their caught stealing rate was 40.0%.
Their strikeout to walk ratio was at 2.02 and their pitching staff had a team WHIP of 1.36. Their pitching staff walked 501 opposing players and their FIP finished at 4.38 as a team in the previous season. Doosan yielded 1,245 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 560 earned runs. The Bears compiled a team ERA of 3.92 for the prior year (3rd in the league), and the staff rung up 1,013 batters.
The NC Dinos accumulated an OBP of .345 and a batting average of .270 over the course of last season. They were rung up on 1,005 occasions (4th in KBO) and totaled 1,321 base hits. NC recorded 98 home runs over the course of last year as well as 642 RBIs. The Dinos had a team slugging percentage of .387 and they scored 4.72 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They hit 223 two-baggers, while walking 493 times and scoring 679 runs.
Kun Woo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Over the course of the 3,996 at-bats in his baseball career, Park has earned a batting average of .326 with 1,303 base hits. He has homered 110 times, as well as 1,946 total bases and also a .487 slugging percentage. Park has tallied a free base 376 times while being called out on strikes on 596 plate appearances. He has compiled 706 runs in addition to having earned 624 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .391 and he has a career OPS of .878.
In their 138 chances at swiping a bag, they had success 96 times and were caught 42 times (30.4% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos twisted 126 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .976 (10th in Korean baseball). The Dinos recorded 1,339 assists, 130 errors and earned 3,844 putouts in the previous season.
The NC pitching staff gave up 617 runs in the prior season while having an ERA of 3.83 (545 earned runs conceded). They allowed 99 home runs and they relinquished 4.33 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league). The Dinos had a team WHIP of 1.306 in addition to having a FIP of 4.33 as a squad in the previous season. Their strikeout to walk ratio came in at 2.12 (1,090 strikeouts against 513 free passes). They were ranked 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,160.
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC
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