NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/4/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+110) Lotte (-132)

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (19-13, 3rd in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (10-17, 9th in KBO) on Sunday, May 4, 2025. The Giants open this contest at -132 while the Dinos are coming in at +110. The O/U has been set at 9.

NC is slugging .382 and have struck out 238 times, while getting the free base on 96 occasions. They have compiled 114 RBI's and 217 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is .247. The Dinos have recorded 38 two-baggers as a team and have hit 23 balls out of the stadium. They have 116 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .332. As a squad, the NC Dinos are notching 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 7th in the league.

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Ah-seop Son is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. In his career, Son has slapped 181 balls out of the park while driving in 1,053 runs. For his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 8,978 times and has come through with a hit 2,546 times. Son has accrued an average at the plate of .321 for his career in baseball, with 1,371 scored runs and an OPS of .848. His slugging percentage sits at .455 and he has a total of 3,608 bases. He has been struck out 1,289 times and has been walked on 933 occasions, contributing to a .393 on-base %.

The Dinos have stolen 19 bases and have been caught 8 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 29.6%. The NC Dinos have amassed 676 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 247 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding rate is at .974 which ranks 9th in KBO and have accumulated 19 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.28 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.70. Dinos pitchers have surrendered 29 long balls and also 169 runs (2nd in baseball). NC has yielded 234 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 151 earned runs. The Dinos have an ERA of 6.04 on the season (10th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 191 batters.

Lotte has hit 18 home runs for the year to go along with 155 runs batted in. They have 66 doubles, while walking 117 times and putting up 164 runs. The Lotte Giants have a team on-base percentage of .363 in addition to a team batting average of .290 on the season. The Giants hold a slugging percentage of .405 and they are earning 4.97 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have been rung up on 223 occasions (10th in baseball) and have a total of 333 hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For the 6,575 at-bats in his baseball career, Jeon has hit .299 with 1,967 base knocks. He has homered 215 times, as well as 3,056 total bases and also a .465 slugging percentage. Jeon has earned a walk 617 times while going down on strikes on 1,104 tries. He is sitting with 1,064 runs in addition to having 988 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .364 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .829.

The Lotte Giants have turned 20 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in KBO). The Giants have racked up 315 assists, 28 errors and have amassed 876 putouts over the course of the season. In their 28 tries at swiping a bag, they have had success 23 times and been caught 5 times (17.9% caught stealing rate).

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.452 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.05 as a staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.99 (283 strikeouts against 142 walks). They sit at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 282. They have surrendered 27 dingers and they give up 5.05 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 164 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.50 (146 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (-132)

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