NC Dinos vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/22/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs KT Wiz

Date: Friday, May 22, 2026

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+150) KT (-182)

Kun Woo Park and the NC Dinos (18-23, 8th in KBO) go to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Friday, May 22, 2026, where they'll meet the KT Wiz (25-16, 1st in KBO). The Dinos open this matchup at +150 while the Wiz are priced at -182. The O/U has been set at 8.5.

NC has a slugging rate of .386 and have been rung up 322 times, while drawing a walk on 160 occasions. They have earned 191 runs batted in and 374 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate is at .262. The Dinos have accounted for 66 doubles as a team and have hit 37 balls out of the park. They have a total of 204 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .351. As a team, the NC Dinos are putting up 4.9 runs per game, which is 7th in the league.

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Kun Woo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Park has hit .322 for his baseball career, in addition to 826 scored runs and an OPS of .876. He has struck out 747 times and has been walked on 481 occasions, contributing to a .390 on-base %. In his career, Park has drilled 140 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 770 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .486 in addition to racking up 2,351 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 5,486 times and has come through with a base hit 1,560 times.

The NC Dinos have amassed 1,112 putouts this year, as well as 390 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .984 which ranks 3rd in the league and have a total of 29 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 24 bases and have been caught 8 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 25.0%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.75 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.39. Dinos pitchers have given up 46 home runs and also 204 runs in total (7th in KBO). NC has conceded 334 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 190 earned runs. The Dinos have a team ERA of 4.62 on the year (7th in the league), and their staff has struck out 318 hitters.

KT has recorded 33 long balls over the course of the season and 234 runs batted in. They hit 69 doubles, while taking a walk 198 times as well as recording 244 runs. The KT Wiz have earned an OBP of .374 as well as a team batting average of .287 this season. The Wiz hold a team slugging % of .410 and they average 5.81 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have struck out on 319 instances (4th in KBO) and have earned 424 hits.

Sam Hilliard is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Hilliard has tallied a walk 518 times while fanning on 1,412 plate appearances. His on-base % is .345 and he has earned a career OPS of .841. Over the course of the 4,440 at-bats in his professional career, Hilliard has accrued an average at the plate of .269 with 1,196 base hits. He is sitting with 792 runs and has 753 RBIs. He has gone yard 216 times, with 2,203 bases in total and also a .496 slugging percentage.

The KT Wiz have turned 40 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (2nd in the league). The Wiz have 428 assists, 26 errors and have notched a total of 1,141 putouts for the year. Of their 43 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 35 times and been caught 8 times (18.6% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz have a WHIP of 1.386 in addition to having a FIP of 4.80 as a pitching staff on the year. They are currently ranked 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 391. The KT pitching staff have allowed 203 runs for the year while having an ERA of 4.38 (185 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.54 (345 strikeouts vs 136 walks). They have yielded 35 homers and they surrender 4.80 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC (+150)

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