NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/3/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (18-13, 4th in KBO) host the NC Dinos (10-17, 9th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The Dinos open this matchup at +172 while the Giants are priced at -210. The O/U is set at 8.

As a squad, the NC Dinos are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which has them at 7th in the league. They have notched a total of 116 runs and hold an OBP of .332. The Dinos have hit 38 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 23 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 114 RBI's and 217 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average sits at .247. NC has a slugging percentage of .382 and have been rung up 238 times, while drawing a walk on 96 occasions.

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Ah-seop Son is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Son has earned a batting average of .321 for his career, with 1,371 scored runs and an OPS of .848. He has been struck out 1,289 times and earned a walk on 933 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .393 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Son has hit 181 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 1,053 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .455 and he has totaled 3,608 bases. For his career, he came to bat 8,978 times and has delivered with a hit 2,546 times.

The Dinos have swiped 19 bags and have been gunned down 8 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.6%. The NC Dinos have earned 676 putouts on the year, as well as 247 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .974 which ranks 10th in KBO and have a total of 19 double plays.

The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 6.04 so far this year (10th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 191 batters. NC has given up 234 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 151 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.28 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.70. Dinos pitchers have yielded 29 long balls in addition to 169 runs in total (2nd in baseball).

The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .408 and they have an average of 4.97 runs per outing (3rd in the league). They have recorded 64 two-baggers, while getting a free base 113 times and putting up 159 runs. Lotte has a total of 18 home runs so far this year in addition to 150 RBIs. They have been rung up on 217 occasions (10th in KBO) and have tallied 325 base hits. The Lotte Giants have recorded an OBP of .364 as well as a team batting average of .292 so far this year.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. For the 6,571 official at-bats in his baseball career, Jeon has accumulated a batting average of .299 in addition to having 1,965 base hits. He has gone deep 215 times, with 3,053 total bases and also a .465 slugging %. Jeon has drawn a walk 617 times while striking out on 1,103 chances. He has accrued 1,063 runs and also has 987 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .364 and he has a career OPS of .829.

In their 28 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 23 times and been caught 5 times (17.9% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 19 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (8th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 303 assists, 28 errors and have a tally of 849 putouts for the year.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.481 and have a FIP of 5.22 as a unit for the season. They rank 3rd in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 278. The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 164 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.64 (146 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio is 1.96 (276 strikeouts vs 141 free passes). They have yielded 27 homers and they surrender 5.22 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take NC (+172)

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