Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos Prediction, 5/19/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Ho Cheol Seo and the NC Dinos (25-17, 2nd in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (26-16, 1st in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Sunday, May 19, 2024.

Kia is slugging .451 and have been called out on strikes 278 times, while taking a walk on 168 occasions. They have 237 runs batted in as well as 454 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is at .295. The Tigers have compiled 81 doubles as a unit and have smacked 50 balls out of the park. They have 250 runs and have an on-base percentage of .370. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are putting up 5.8 runs per game, which is 1st in the league.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Choi has hit 381 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,581 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 8,913 times and has come through with a base hit 2,371 times. Choi has hit .312 for his career, with 1,252 scored runs and an OPS of .934. His slugging percentage is .532 in addition to racking up 4,051 bases. He has fanned 1,346 times and has taken a walk on 1,097 occasions, contributing to a .402 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have swiped 38 bags and have been gunned down 10 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 20.8%. The Kia Tigers have a tally of 1,166 putouts for the season, in addition to 437 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .970 which has them ranked 10th in KBO and they have turned 38 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.89 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.47. Tigers pitchers have given up 35 home runs and also 212 runs in total (8th in baseball). Kia has relinquished 391 hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and also 169 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 3.92 so far this season (2nd in baseball), and they have rung up 337 hitters.

NC has knocked in 39 HRs this year as well as 241 runs batted in. They have hit 76 doubles, while taking a walk 187 times and scoring 249 runs. The NC Dinos have earned a team on-base percentage of .373 and a team batting average of .277 for the year. The Dinos have a team slugging percentage of .412 and they score 5.79 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 384 occasions (1st in KBO) and have 418 hits.

Ho Cheol Seo is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Seo has drawn a walk 56 times while fanning on 147 occasions. He has compiled 108 runs in addition to having earned 88 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .322 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .670. He has gone deep 11 times, as well as 291 total bases and also a .348 slugging percentage. In the 836 at-bats in his pro career, Seo has earned a batting average of .263 in addition to having 220 base hits.

The NC Dinos have turned 28 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Dinos have recorded 389 assists, 29 errors and have notched a total of 1,162 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 43 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 29 times and been caught 14 times (32.6% caught stealing rate).

The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.323 in addition to having a FIP of 4.28 as a squad on the season. They rank 10th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 373. The NC pitching staff have surrendered 184 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.70 (159 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.42 (336 strikeouts against 139 bases on balls). They have yielded 34 homers and they surrender 4.28 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia

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