NC Dinos vs SSG Landers Prediction, 5/5/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs SSG Landers

Date: Sunday, May 5, 2024

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (19-14, 4th in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (20-13, 2nd in KBO) on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

The Dinos have accrued 55 doubles as a squad and have hit 31 balls out of the stadium. NC has a slugging percentage of .408 and have struck out 283 times, while drawing a walk on 132 occasions. As a team, the NC Dinos are knocking in 5.3 runs/g, which ranks them 4th in KBO. They have accumulated 168 RBI's and 308 base knocks this year, and their batting average is at .270. They have 175 runs scored and have an OBP of .362.

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Ho Cheol Seo is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. Seo has an average at the plate of .260 for his career, in addition to 102 runs scored and an OPS of .665. He has gone down on strikes 141 times and has walked on 52 occasions, which contributes in part to a .317 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Seo has hit 11 balls over the fence while knocking in 83 runs. His career slugging percentage is .348 and he has a total of 279 bases. For his career, he came to bat 884 times and has delivered with a hit 208 times.

The Dinos have swiped 22 bases and have been caught 11 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 33.3%. The NC Dinos have amassed 889 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 298 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and have 24 double plays.

Their K/BB ratio is 2.48 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.31. Dinos pitchers have conceded 27 home runs and 138 total runs (10th in the league). NC has allowed 287 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 116 earned runs. The Dinos are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.53 so far this season (1st in the league), and the staff has struck out 248 batters.

The SSG Landers are sitting with an OBP of .337 as well as a batting average of .274 for the year. They have struck out on 250 occasions (6th in baseball) and have totaled 326 base knocks. SSG has accumulated 39 home runs for the season to go along with 172 runs batted in. The Landers have a team slugging % of .410 and they are scoring 5.29 runs per outing (5th in baseball). They have hit 44 doubles, while taking a walk 98 times as well as racking up 180 runs.

Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. Choi has earned a walk 179 times while fanning on 298 plate appearances. His on-base percentage comes in at .337 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .711. During the 2,099 at-bats in his career, Choi has hit .276 with 579 base hits. He has tallied 325 runs and racked up 174 RBIs. He has gone yard 21 times, as well as 785 total bases and also a .374 slugging percentage.

The SSG Landers have turned 32 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .972 (9th in KBO). The Landers have racked up 318 assists, 35 errors and have a tally of 909 putouts for the year. Out of their 44 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 31 times and been caught 13 times (29.5% caught stealing rate).

The SSG pitching staff have given up 197 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 5.35 (180 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 44 home runs and they relinquish 5.85 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.505 and have a FIP of 5.85 as a staff for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 (283 strikeouts vs 138 walks). They rank 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 318.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG

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