NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/17/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+125) Kia (-145)

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (45-40, 4th in KBO) will play the NC Dinos (40-40, 7th in KBO) on Thursday, July 17, 2025. The Dinos open this game at +125 while the Tigers are coming in at -145. The over/under opens at 8.5.

NC has a slugging % of .382 and have struck out 648 times, while getting the free base on 309 occasions. They have earned 380 runs batted in in addition to 721 hits for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .255. The Dinos have recorded 125 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 65 balls out of the park. They have a total of 401 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .344. As a squad, the NC Dinos are knocking in 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 5th in the league.

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Hui Dong Kwon is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. Kwon has compiled an average at the plate of .266 for his career, with 498 runs scored and an OPS of .777. He has fanned 640 times and has walked on 499 occasions, which has contributed to a .368 on-base percentage. In his career, Kwon has slapped 105 baseballs out of the park while driving in 547 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .409 and he has a total of 1,410 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 4,110 times and has delivered with a hit 915 times.

The Dinos have stolen 51 bases and have been caught 18 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 26.1%. The NC Dinos have notched a total of 2,220 putouts on the year, as well as 815 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .976 which puts them in 10th in KBO and have a total of 68 double plays.

The Dinos have a team earned run average of 4.55 on the campaign (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 610 batters. NC has given up 706 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 374 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.65 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.45. Dinos pitchers have surrendered 79 home runs and 424 total runs (3rd in baseball).

Kia has compiled 80 HRs on the season to go along with 400 runs batted in. They hit 167 two-baggers, while taking a walk 353 times and recording 430 runs. The Kia Tigers are sitting with a team OBP of .343 as well as a team batting average of .261 so far this season. The Tigers hold a team SLG% of .402 and they are scoring 4.89 runs per game (3rd in baseball). They have been rung up on 695 occasions (4th in KBO) and are sitting with 788 base knocks.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Choi has drawn a free base 1,180 times while fanning on 1,460 chances. He has scored 1,341 runs and racked up 1,706 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .401 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .933. He has gone yard 409 times, with 4,341 total bases and a .532 slugging %. In the 8,166 official at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has a batting average of .311 in addition to 2,537 hits.

Out of their 94 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 71 times and been caught 23 times (24.5% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 79 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 873 assists, 69 errors and have earned 2,338 putouts this season.

The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 409 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 4.25 (368 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 55 homers and they relinquish 4.72 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.420 with a FIP of 4.72 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.05 (651 strikeouts vs 318 walks). They are currently ranked 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 788.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC (+125)

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