NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/14/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (-152) Lotte (+126)

Min Woo Park and the NC Dinos (16-20, 8th in KBO) head to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, May 14, 2026, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (14-21, 9th in KBO). The Dinos open this matchup at -152 while the Giants are coming in at +126. The O/U opens at 8.5.

As a team, the NC Dinos are scoring 4.9 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 6th in KBO. They have a total of 182 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .350. The Dinos have hit 61 doubles as a squad and have hit 35 balls out of the park. They have 170 runs batted in in addition to 326 base knocks this year, while their team batting average sits at .259. NC has a slugging % of .391 and have struck out 280 times, while being walked on 141 occasions.

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Min Woo Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Park has accrued an average at the plate of .319 in his time in baseball, with 946 runs scored and an OPS of .819. He has struck out 759 times and has been walked on 564 occasions, which contributes in part to a .396 OBP. For his pro baseball career, Park has hit 43 baseballs over the fence while driving in 581 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .423 and he has racked up 2,179 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 5,959 times and has come through with a hit 1,647 times.

The Dinos have swiped 21 bases and have been gunned down 6 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 22.2%. The NC Dinos have accumulated 980 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 341 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which ranks 4th in Korean baseball and have a total of 28 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.62 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.39. Dinos pitchers have allowed 42 home runs in addition to 181 total runs (5th in the league). NC has allowed 286 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 169 earned runs. The Dinos have an earned run average of 4.66 on the year (7th in the league), and their staff has rung up 272 batters.

The Giants have a slugging percentage of .364 and they average 3.64 runs per game (9th in KBO). They have recorded 58 doubles, while taking a walk 104 times as well as scoring 131 runs. Lotte is sitting with 25 HRs this year to go along with 123 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 276 instances (8th in the league) and are sitting with 314 hits. The Lotte Giants have an on-base percentage of .312 as well as a batting average of .251 on the year.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Jeon has earned a free base 657 times while fanning on 1,174 tries. His on-base percentage is .363 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .824. For the 6,997 official at-bats in his pro career, Jeon has earned a batting average of .298 in addition to 2,087 hits. He has scored 1,113 runs in addition to having 1,049 RBIs. He has gone deep 223 times, in addition to having 3,224 total bases and also a .461 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 23 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (5th in the league). Of their 35 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 25 times and been caught 10 times (28.6% caught stealing percentage). The Giants have 348 assists, 22 errors and have 964 putouts on the season.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.454 and have a FIP of 4.82 as a team for the year. They are currently ranked 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 309. The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 172 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.34 (155 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.89 (298 strikeouts against 158 walks). They have given up 29 homers and they surrender 4.82 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC (-152)

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