NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/21/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, August 21, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (-122) Samsung (+102)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Lewin Diaz and the Samsung Lions (53-58, 8th in KBO) will play the NC Dinos (51-51, 7th in KBO) on Thursday, August 21, 2025. The odds on this game have the Dinos coming in at -122 and the Lions are at +102. The total opens at 8.

The Dinos have accumulated 160 two-baggers as a team and have hit 91 balls out of the park. NC has a slugging rate of .394 and have been called out on strikes 827 times, while being walked on 388 occasions. As a unit, the NC Dinos are recording 5.1 runs per game, which is 3rd in baseball. They have accrued 514 runs batted in in addition to 940 hits over the course of the season, and their average at the plate sits at .260. They have a total of 547 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .345.

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Min Woo Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .319 for his career in baseball, in addition to 913 scored runs and an OPS of .817. He has fanned 732 times and has walked on 539 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .395 OBP. In his career, Park has drilled 42 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 553 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .422 and he has totaled 2,103 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 5,750 times and has come through with a base hit 1,588 times.

The NC Dinos are sitting with 2,845 putouts thus far, as well as 1,047 assists and 93 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .977 which ranks 10th in KBO and they have turned 94 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 60 bags and have been gunned down 26 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 30.2%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.65 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.49. Dinos pitchers have yielded 106 home runs and also 569 total runs (2nd in the league). NC has given up 934 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 502 earned runs. The Dinos are sitting with a team ERA of 4.77 for the year (9th in the league), and the staff has struck out 782 hitters.

The Lions hold a slugging % of .414 and they average 5.08 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have recorded 179 doubles, while taking a walk 426 times as well as earning 574 runs. Samsung has tallied 123 home runs so far this year as well as 533 runs batted in. They have struck out on 863 instances (5th in KBO) and have tallied 1,021 base hits. The Samsung Lions have an OBP of .346 as well as a team batting average of .266 on the campaign.

Lewin Diaz is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. Over the course of the 4,225 official at-bats in his pro career, Diaz is sitting with a batting avereage of .265 with 1,121 hits. He has gone yard 203 times, in addition to having 1,990 bases in total and a .471 slugging %. Diaz has drawn a walk 382 times while going down on strikes on 889 plate appearances. He has a total of 559 runs and also has 738 runs batted in. His on-base % is .329 and he has earned a career OPS of .800.

In their 104 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 84 times and been caught 20 times (19.2% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 89 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have recorded 1,084 assists, 70 errors and have accumulated 2,981 putouts during this campaign.

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.354 in addition to having a FIP of 4.67 as a staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.39 (828 strikeouts against 347 walks). They sit at 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 998. They have surrendered 105 dingers and they concede 4.67 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 516 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.22 (466 earned runs surrendered).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (+102)

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