Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos Prediction, 4/30/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-122) NC (+102)

Ah-seop Son and the NC Dinos (9-16, 9th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (13-15, 7th in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The Tigers open this game at -122 while the Dinos are priced at +102. The over/under opens at 9.

Kia has a slugging rate of .400 and have been rung up 216 times, while getting the free base on 117 occasions. They have accrued 120 runs batted in in addition to 232 base knocks so far this season, while their batting average is .247. The Tigers have accrued 57 doubles as a team and have hit 28 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 125 runs scored while having a team OBP of .332. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are earning 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in KBO.

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Patrick Wisdom is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. In his career, Wisdom has hit 259 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 824 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 5,706 times and has delivered a base hit 1,215 times. Wisdom has a batting average of .241 in his time in baseball, with 756 runs scored and an OPS of .779. His slugging percentage is .458 in addition to racking up 2,311 bases. He has been struck out 1,616 times and has taken a walk on 558 at-bats, contributing to a .321 on-base %.

The Kia Tigers have accumulated 732 putouts on the year, in addition to 290 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .981 which puts them in 5th in KBO and they have turned 21 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 27 bags and have been thrown out 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.0%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.85 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.54. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 14 long balls and 151 total runs (4th in baseball). Kia has conceded 267 base knocks (9.8 per 9 innings) and also 133 earned runs. The Tigers have an earned run average of 4.91 over the course of the season (8th in the league), and their staff has rung up 202 hitters.

The Dinos hold a team slugging percentage of .379 and they score 4.24 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have put up 37 two-baggers, while walking 88 times as well as scoring 106 runs. NC has knocked in 20 HRs for the year and 104 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 228 instances (6th in baseball) and have a total of 199 hits. The NC Dinos hold a team OBP of .328 and a batting average of .245 on the season.

Ah-seop Son is a batter who should impact this game for NC. Son has tallied a walk 933 times while going down on strikes on 1,288 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .393 and he has a career OPS of .848. In the 7,919 at-bats in his pro career, Son has accumulated a batting average of .321 with 2,543 base hits. He has recorded 1,371 runs in addition to having earned 1,051 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 181 times, with 3,604 total bases and a .455 slugging percentage.

In their 26 tries at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 18 times and been caught 8 times (30.8% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos have turned 16 double plays and have a fielding rate of .971 (10th in the league). The Dinos have accrued 226 assists, 25 errors and have notched a total of 625 putouts so far this season.

The Dinos are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.691 in addition to having a FIP of 6.74 as a pitching staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.29 (177 strikeouts against 137 bases on balls). They rank 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 215. They have conceded 29 home runs and they relinquish 6.74 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The NC pitching staff have relinquished 156 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 5.97 (138 earned runs surrendered).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (-122)

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