NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 5/22/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Min Woo Park and the NC Dinos (25-20, 3rd in KBO) are headed to Gocheok Sky Dome on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, where they'll meet the Kiwoom Heroes (19-26, 7th in KBO).

The Dinos have hit 80 doubles as a unit and have hit 41 balls out of the stadium. NC is slugging .408 and have struck out 400 times, while taking a walk on 199 occasions. As a squad, the NC Dinos are putting up 5.6 runs per outing, which is 3rd in the league. They have earned 248 RBI's as well as 439 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate sits at .274. They have accounted for 256 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .371.

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Min Woo Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. In his pro baseball career, Park has hit 32 balls out of the park while driving in 451 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .418 in addition to earning 1,801 bases. For his career, he came to bat 4,983 times and came through with a base base hit 1,375 times. He has been struck out 625 times and has been walked on 466 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .395 on-base %. Park has compiled an average at the plate of .319 in his time in baseball, in addition to 803 runs scored and an OPS of .813.

The Dinos have stolen 33 bases and have been thrown out 15 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 31.3%. The NC Dinos are sitting with 1,243 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 415 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which is 2nd in the league and have earned 31 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.36 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.33. Dinos pitchers have conceded 36 home runs and also 200 runs in total (10th in KBO). NC has given up 399 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 175 earned runs. The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 3.80 on the year (2nd in KBO), and the staff has struck out 356 batters.

Kiwoom is sitting with 40 home runs for the year to go along with 208 runs batted in. They have 65 doubles, while taking a walk 149 times as well as recording 216 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for an on-base percentage of .337 as well as a team batting average of .267 on the year. The Heroes have a team slugging percentage of .395 and they tally 4.80 runs per game (9th in KBO). They have struck out on 334 instances (8th in the league) and have tallied 417 base hits.

Ronnie Dawson is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. In the 4,103 at-bats in his professional career, Dawson is sitting with a batting avereage of .273 with 1,122 hits. He has gone deep 135 times, in addition to having 1,827 total bases and also a .445 slugging %. Dawson has earned a walk 485 times while being called out on strikes on 989 tries. He has compiled 692 runs and notched 580 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .361 and he also has a career OPS of .806.

Out of their 46 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 34 times and been caught 12 times (26.1% caught stealing rate). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 41 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .980 (3rd in KBO). The Heroes have racked up 418 assists, 33 errors and have 1,198 putouts this season.

The Heroes hold a team WHIP of 1.546 and have a FIP of 5.52 as a pitching staff so far this year. They are currently ranked 5th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 450. The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 245 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 5.10 (226 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.72 (287 strikeouts against 167 walks). They have allowed 34 homers and they yield 5.52 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom and under the total runs

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