NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/23/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (-196) Kiwoom (+162)

Gocheok Sky Dome is the venue where Chi Hong An and the Kiwoom Heroes (6-14, 10th in KBO) will play the NC Dinos (8-11, 8th in KBO) on Thursday, April 23, 2026. The Dinos open this matchup at -196 while the Heroes are priced at +162. The O/U opens at 8.

NC is slugging .382 and have been rung up 149 times, while taking a walk on 81 occasions. They have tallied 78 runs batted in and 157 hits this season, while their batting average is at .247. The Dinos have hit 29 doubles as a squad and have hit 19 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 86 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .350. As a team, the NC Dinos are earning 4.5 runs per contest, which has them at 7th in the league.

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Min Woo Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. For his professional baseball career, Park has slapped 43 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 568 runs. His career slugging percentage is .423 in addition to earning 2,154 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped into the batters box 5,888 times and has come through with a base hit 1,627 times. He has fanned 752 times and earned a walk on 556 at-bats, contributing to a .396 OBP. Park has accrued an average at the plate of .319 for his career in baseball, with 934 runs scored and an OPS of .819.

The NC Dinos are sitting with 498 putouts this season, as well as 177 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .984 which has them ranked 3rd in Korean baseball and have accumulated 12 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 11 bases and have been caught 3 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 21.4%.

The Dinos have a team ERA of 4.45 this year (4th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 134 batters. Dinos pitchers have surrendered 19 long balls and also 86 total runs (8th in the league). NC has yielded 145 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 82 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.58 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.39.

The Kiwoom Heroes have an OBP of .309 in addition to a batting average of .237 on the season. They have been rung up on 170 occasions (1st in KBO) and are sitting with 161 base knocks. Kiwoom is sitting with 10 home runs for the year as well as 62 RBIs. The Heroes have a team slugging % of .333 and they earn 3.45 runs per contest (9th in KBO). They have put up 33 two-baggers, while walking 61 times and notching 69 runs.

Chi Hong An is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Ahn has recorded a free base 630 times while fanning on 974 chances. He has recorded 911 runs and notched 931 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .360 and he holds a career OPS of .790. He has hit it out of the park 155 times, as well as 2,747 total bases and also a .430 slugging %. Over the course of the 6,395 at-bats in his professional career, Ahn is sitting with a batting avereage of .294 with 1,878 base knocks.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 17 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .976 (8th in KBO). In their 16 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 12 times and been caught 4 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage). The Heroes have recorded 179 assists, 17 errors and have accounted for 521 putouts over the course of the season.

The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.570 and have a FIP of 5.18 as a squad so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.86 (136 strikeouts vs 73 free passes). They sit at 1st in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 199. They have conceded 17 long balls and they concede 5.18 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Kiwoom pitching staff have yielded 100 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.83 (93 earned runs conceded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC (-196)

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