NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/21/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (-210) Kia (+172)

Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (61-69, 8th in KBO) play the NC Dinos (62-65, 7th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday, September 21, 2025. The Tigers open this matchup at +172 while the Dinos are priced at -210. The over/under is set at 9.

The Dinos have compiled 196 two-baggers as a team and have hit 119 balls out of the park. NC is slugging .396 and have been called out on strikes 1,018 times, while taking a walk on 453 occasions. As a squad, the NC Dinos are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which puts them at 3rd in KBO. They have 621 runs batted in and 1,148 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average comes in at .258. They have tallied 664 runs while holding a team OBP of .341.

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Ju Won Kim is a batter who should impact this game for NC. Kim has earned a batting average of .255 for his baseball career, with 266 scored runs and an OPS of .750. He has fanned 467 times and earned a walk on 200 occasions, contributing to a .353 on-base percentage. For his career, Kim has drilled 49 balls out of the park while knocking in 230 runs. His career slugging percentage is .397 in addition to racking up 691 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,054 times and has delivered a base hit 444 times.

The Dinos have swiped 77 bags and have been gunned down 32 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.4%. The NC Dinos are sitting with 3,515 putouts this year, in addition to 1,288 assists and 109 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .978 which has them ranked 8th in KBO and have a total of 112 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.67 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51. Dinos pitchers have given up 135 home runs and 717 runs in total (2nd in the league). NC has allowed 1,188 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 635 earned runs. The Dinos are sitting with a team ERA of 4.88 for the season (9th in the league), and the staff has struck out 967 hitters.

The Kia Tigers have an OBP of .338 in addition to a batting average of .260 this season. They have been rung up on 1,110 instances (2nd in the league) and have a total of 1,202 base hits. Kia has accumulated 136 home runs on the campaign as well as 587 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .403 and they are scoring 4.71 runs per outing (5th in the league). They have 225 doubles, while getting a free base 495 times as well as scoring 631 runs.

Chan-Ho Park is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. For the 3,546 at-bats in his pro career, Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .266 in addition to having 944 base knocks. He has gone deep 23 times, in addition to having 1,180 total bases and a .333 slugging %. Park has drawn a free base 334 times while fanning on 528 tries. He has accumulated 512 runs and has 349 RBIs. His on-base % is .329 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .662.

Of their 146 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 107 times and been caught 39 times (26.7% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 122 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (10th in the league). The Tigers have recorded 1,338 assists, 113 errors and have accounted for 3,560 putouts this season.

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.438 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.15 as a squad on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio is 2.03 (976 strikeouts vs 480 free passes). They rank 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,226. They have surrendered 102 homers and they give up 5.15 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Kia pitching staff have conceded 679 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.64 (612 earned runs relinquished).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take NC (-210)

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