Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos Prediction, 9/19/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

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

Ju Won Kim and the NC Dinos (59-64, 6th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (69-57, 4th in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Saturday, September 19, 2026. The Tigers open this contest at -150 while the Dinos are coming in at +125. The total has been set at 9.

The Tigers have compiled 228 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 157 balls out of the stadium. Kia is slugging .438 and have struck out 1,017 times, while being walked on 468 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.3 runs per outing, which puts them at 4th in baseball. They have compiled 656 runs batted in in addition to 1,201 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate comes in at .272. They have earned 684 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .349.

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Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .310 in his time in baseball, with 381 scored runs and an OPS of .950. He has fanned 351 times and earned a walk on 215 at-bats, contributing to a .389 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Kim has slapped 96 balls out of the park while knocking in 308 runs. His career slugging percentage is .561 and he has totaled 947 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 1,946 times and has reached base with a hit 523 times.

The Tigers have stolen 97 bases and have been thrown out 20 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 17.1%. The Kia Tigers have earned a total of 3,405 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,162 assists and 92 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .980 which has them ranked 7th in KBO and they have turned 106 double plays.

The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.31 on the season (4th in the league), and they have struck out 939 batters. Kia has allowed 1,110 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 543 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 122 home runs and 600 total runs (7th in baseball).

The Dinos have a SLG% of .402 and they are scoring 5.04 runs per outing (6th in KBO). They have 194 doubles, while taking a walk 440 times as well as racking up 630 runs. NC is sitting with 117 home runs over the course of the season as well as 595 RBIs. They have struck out on 918 occasions (8th in KBO) and have earned a total of 1,159 hits. The NC Dinos have tallied an on-base percentage of .351 as well as a batting average of .271 for the season.

Ju Won Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. In the 2,261 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .261 with 589 hits. He has hit it out of the park 67 times, with 912 bases in total and a .403 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a free base 252 times while fanning on 553 plate appearances. He has amassed 354 runs and notched 291 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .355 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .758.

The NC Dinos have turned 105 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (8th in the league). The Dinos have 1,178 assists, 91 errors and have a tally of 3,322 putouts this year. Out of their 88 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 63 times and been caught 25 times (28.4% caught stealing rate).

The NC pitching staff have given up 656 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.66 (573 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 137 HR's and they surrender 5.33 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Dinos hold a team WHIP of 1.456 in addition to having a FIP of 5.33 as a unit this year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.86 (1,003 strikeouts vs 538 free passes). They sit at 10th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,074.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC (+125)

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