NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/19/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+125) Kia (-150)

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the site where Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (45-40, 4th in KBO) will play the NC Dinos (40-40, 7th in KBO) on Saturday, July 19, 2025. The Tigers open this contest at -150 while the Dinos are priced at +125. The O/U has been set at 8.

As a unit, the NC Dinos are putting up 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have earned 401 runs while holding a team OBP of .344. The Dinos have earned 125 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 65 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 380 RBI's and 721 hits for the year, while their team batting average sits at .255. NC is slugging .382 and have been called out on strikes 648 times, while being walked on 309 occasions.

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Ju Won Kim is a batter who can be a difference maker for NC. Kim has a batting average of .242 for his baseball career, with 228 scored runs and an OPS of .711. He has struck out 424 times and has been walked on 181 occasions, which has contributed to a .343 on-base percentage. For his career, Kim has hit 39 balls out of the park while knocking in 195 runs. His slugging percentage is .368 and he has a total of 570 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 1,837 times and has come through with a hit 375 times.

The NC Dinos have a tally 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 stolen 51 bases and have been gunned down 18 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 26.1%.

The Dinos have an ERA of 4.55 on the season (8th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 610 batters. NC has surrendered 706 base knocks (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 374 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.65 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.45. Dinos pitchers have allowed 79 long balls and 424 total runs (3rd in the league).

The Tigers have a team SLG% of .402 and they tally 4.89 runs per contest (3rd in KBO). They have hit 167 two-baggers, while walking 353 times as well as racking up 430 runs. Kia has accounted for 80 HRs this season to go along with 400 RBIs. They have struck out on 695 occasions (4th in the league) and have earned a total of 788 base knocks. The Kia Tigers have recorded a team on-base percentage of .343 in addition to a batting average of .261 on the campaign.

Chan-Ho Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Park has drawn a walk 310 times while going down on strikes on 509 occasions. His on-base percentage sits at .325 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .655. In the 3,369 at-bats in his career, Park has hit .264 and has racked up 891 base hits. He has accumulated 484 runs and also has 336 runs batted in. He has gone deep 21 times, with 1,112 total bases and also a .330 slugging percentage.

The Kia Tigers have turned 79 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 873 assists, 69 errors and have notched a total of 2,338 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 94 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 71 times and been caught 23 times (24.5% caught stealing percentage).

The Kia pitching staff have yielded 409 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.25 (368 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 55 long balls and they relinquish 4.72 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.420 in addition to having a FIP of 4.72 as a staff on the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 (651 strikeouts vs 318 walks). They are sitting at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 788.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (-150)

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