Lotte Giants vs NC Dinos Prediction, 4/13/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs NC Dinos

Date: Sunday, April 13, 2025

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+220) NC (-275)

Ho Young Son and the Lotte Giants (6-9, 8th in KBO) travel to Changwon NC Park on Sunday, April 13, 2025, where they'll meet the NC Dinos (6-7, 5th in KBO). The Dinos open this game at -275 while the Giants are priced at +220. The total has been set at 9.

The Giants have tallied 29 doubles as a unit and have knocked 7 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .357 and have been called out on strikes 124 times, while drawing a walk on 52 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are recording 3.8 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in the league. They have tallied 58 RBI's and 140 base knocks over the course of the season, while their batting average is at .257. They have tallied 61 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .328.

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Ho Young Son is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his career, Son has hit 4 baseballs out of the park while driving in 44 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 426 times and has come through with a hit 94 times. Son has a batting average of .244 in his time in baseball, in addition to 61 runs scored and an OPS of .623. His slugging percentage is .319 and he has racked up 123 bases. He has gone down on strikes 68 times and has walked on 29 occasions, contributing to a .304 on-base %.

The Giants have swiped 10 bases and have been caught 3 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 23.1%. The Lotte Giants have accounted for 432 putouts this season, as well as 161 assists and 16 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .974 which has them ranked 9th in KBO and they have turned 10 double plays.

The Giants have an ERA of 4.75 on the campaign (8th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 129 batters. Giants pitchers have relinquished 13 home runs and also 85 runs (2nd in the league). Lotte has surrendered 151 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 76 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.87 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.53.

The NC Dinos are sitting with an on-base percentage of .356 and a team batting average of .283 for the year. They have struck out on 117 occasions (6th in the league) and have tallied 126 base hits. NC has a total of 13 home runs so far this year in addition to 64 RBIs. The Dinos hold a team SLG% of .433 and they score 5.00 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They hit 20 doubles, while walking 47 times and recording 65 runs.

Hui Dong Kwon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for NC. Kwon has tallied a walk 457 times while going down on strikes on 596 occasions. He has amassed 465 runs and has 524 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .367 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .780. He has homered 102 times, as well as 1,339 bases in total and a .412 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 3,251 official at-bats in his professional career, Kwon has recorded a batting average of .268 in addition to having 870 hits.

In their 5 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 4 times and been caught 1 time (20.0% caught stealing rate). The NC Dinos have turned 8 double plays and have a fielding rate of .976 (7th in KBO). The Dinos have racked up 115 assists, 11 errors and are sitting with 336 putouts this year.

The Dinos have a team WHIP of 1.411 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.35 as a team over the course of the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.54 (100 strikeouts against 65 walks). They rank 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 93. They have conceded 16 dingers and they concede 6.35 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The NC pitching staff have yielded 79 runs for the year while having an ERA of 5.30 (66 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (+220)

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