Doosan Bears vs NC Dinos Prediction, 9/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs NC Dinos

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+110) NC (-130)

Ju Won Kim and the NC Dinos (61-64, 7th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (56-71, 9th in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Thursday, September 18, 2025. The line on this contest has the Bears coming in at +110 and the Dinos are at -130. The O/U is set at 9.

As a squad, the Doosan Bears are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in the league. They have earned 601 runs scored while having a team OBP of .332. The Bears have hit 210 two-baggers as a team and have hit 95 balls out of the park. They have accrued 549 RBI's in addition to 1,202 hits on the year, while their team batting average is .263. Doosan has a slugging % of .384 and have been called out on strikes 1,075 times, while taking a walk on 433 occasions.

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Ui-ji Yang is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Yang has hit 282 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 1,193 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 7,375 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,966 times. Yang has a batting average of .310 in his time in baseball, in addition to 932 scored runs and an OPS of .892. He has earned a slugging percentage of .502 and he has totaled 3,189 bases. He has fanned 819 times and earned a walk on 717 occasions, contributing to a .390 on-base %.

The Doosan Bears have earned a total of 3,552 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,260 assists and 108 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .978 which is 7th in the league and have a total of 114 double plays. The Bears have swiped 96 bases and have been thrown out 40 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 29.4%.

The Bears have a team earned run average of 4.36 this season (6th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 961 hitters. Bears pitchers have allowed 101 long balls and 638 total runs (5th in KBO). Doosan has surrendered 1,144 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 573 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.90 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.39.

The NC Dinos have tallied an on-base percentage of .341 in addition to a batting average of .258 on the year. They have struck out on 1,007 occasions (5th in KBO) and have a total of 1,132 hits. NC has 118 home runs this season as well as 612 runs batted in. The Dinos have a slugging percentage of .396 and they are earning 5.00 runs per outing (3rd in KBO). They have hit 191 doubles, while taking a walk 448 times as well as earning 655 runs.

Ju Won Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for NC. Kim has drawn a walk 199 times while going down on strikes on 467 plate appearances. His OBP comes in at .352 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .747. Over the course of the 1,731 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .254 with 440 base knocks. He has scored 265 runs and racked up 225 runs batted in. He has homered 49 times, in addition to having 684 total bases and a .395 slugging percentage.

Out of their 109 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 77 times and been caught 32 times (29.4% caught stealing rate). The NC Dinos have turned 108 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (9th in the league). The Dinos have racked up 1,267 assists, 108 errors and have 3,461 putouts during this campaign.

The NC pitching staff have surrendered 708 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.89 (627 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 133 home runs and they concede 5.52 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The Dinos hold a team WHIP of 1.511 and have a FIP of 5.52 as a team so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.65 (949 strikeouts against 574 walks). They sit at 5th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,169.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC (-130)

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