Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos Prediction, 4/17/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Hyun Bin Moon and the Hanwha Eagles (9-10, 5th in KBO) head to Changwon NC Park on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, where they'll meet the NC Dinos (13-6, 2nd in KBO).

The Eagles have tallied 37 doubles as a squad and have knocked 15 balls out of the stadium. Hanwha is slugging .407 and have been called out on strikes 146 times, while getting the free base on 82 occasions. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 5.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 5th in baseball. They have recorded 97 runs batted in and 168 hits on the season, and their batting average sits at .261. They have 101 runs while having a team OBP of .353.

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Hyun Bin Moon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Moon has an average at the plate of .262 in his time in baseball, in addition to 58 scored runs and an OPS of .685. He has fanned 102 times and has taken a walk on 44 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .326 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Moon has hit 6 baseballs out of the park while driving in 60 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .359 and he has accumulated 178 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 561 times and came through with a base base hit 130 times.

The Hanwha Eagles are sitting with 501 putouts this year, as well as 165 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which has them sitting 5th in KBO and have accumulated 21 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 22 bags and have been caught 6 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 21.4%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.05 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.42. Eagles pitchers have conceded 19 home runs in addition to 93 total runs (7th in KBO). Hanwha has given up 164 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 84 earned runs. The Eagles hold a team earned run average of 4.53 on the season (6th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 150 batters.

The NC Dinos have tallied an OBP of .381 in addition to a batting average of .284 on the season. They have been rung up on 165 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have a total of 193 hits. NC has hit 17 home runs so far this year as well as 109 RBIs. The Dinos have a team slugging % of .422 and they score 6.00 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have put up 35 doubles, while getting a free base 84 times as well as racking up 114 runs.

Min Woo Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. For the 4,244 official at-bats in his professional career, Park has accumulated a batting average of .320 with 1,358 base knocks. He has hit the long ball 32 times, with 1,781 total bases and a .420 slugging percentage. Park has earned a walk 457 times while going down on strikes on 613 occasions. He has accumulated 792 runs in addition to having earned 446 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .395 and he also has a career OPS of .815.

Of their 17 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 11 times and been caught 6 times (35.3% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (1st in KBO). The Dinos have recorded 160 assists, 8 errors and have accumulated 517 putouts during this campaign.

The NC pitching staff have given up 81 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.71 (71 earned runs surrendered). They have yielded 16 dingers and they concede 4.23 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Dinos have a team WHIP of 1.331 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.23 as a squad on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.63 (150 strikeouts vs 57 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 7th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 172.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha

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