Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos Prediction, 8/22/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-160) NC (+132)

Changwon NC Park is the venue where Ju Won Kim and the NC Dinos (47-54, 6th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (63-43, 2nd in KBO) on Saturday, August 22, 2026. The Dinos open this matchup at +132 while the Lions are coming in at -160. The O/U opens at 8.

The Lions have accounted for 174 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 102 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .419 and have been called out on strikes 748 times, while taking a walk on 495 occasions. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.8 runs per contest, which is 1st in the league. They have earned 599 RBI's and 1,047 base knocks for the year, and their batting average is .280. They have racked up 626 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .370.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Choi has compiled an average at the plate of .311 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,417 scored runs and an OPS of .930. He has struck out 1,570 times and has gotten a free base on 1,259 at-bats, contributing to a .401 on-base percentage. In his career, Choi has hit 434 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,819 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .529 and he has a total of 4,613 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 10,213 times and came through with a base base hit 2,707 times.

The Lions have stolen 78 bases and have been caught 27 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 25.7%. The Samsung Lions are sitting with 2,877 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,037 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which ranks 1st in KBO and have a total of 90 double plays.

The Lions are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.29 on the campaign (2nd in the league), and they have struck out 826 hitters. Samsung has surrendered 960 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 457 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.19 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.40. Lions pitchers have given up 104 home runs in addition to 503 runs in total (8th in KBO).

NC has recorded 99 home runs on the campaign in addition to 495 runs batted in. They have notched 160 two-baggers, while getting a free base 371 times as well as scoring 526 runs. The NC Dinos have an OBP of .354 in addition to a batting average of .273 for the year. The Dinos have a SLG% of .406 and they average 5.11 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have struck out on 768 instances (9th in baseball) and have earned a total of 958 base knocks.

Ju Won Kim is a batter who should impact this game for NC. Kim has tallied a free base 246 times while being called out on strikes on 536 attempts. He has tallied 338 runs and has 280 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .358 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .763. He has hit it out of the park 64 times, with 875 bases in total and a .405 slugging %. For the 2,163 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has an average at the plate of .262 in addition to 566 base knocks.

The NC Dinos have turned 87 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (8th in KBO). In their 71 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 53 times and been caught 18 times (25.4% caught stealing rate). The Dinos have accrued 960 assists, 76 errors and have a total of 2,726 putouts over the course of the season.

The Dinos have a team WHIP of 1.484 and have a FIP of 5.52 as a pitching staff this season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.84 (826 strikeouts against 448 free passes). They come in at 10th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 900. They have given up 111 home runs and they relinquish 5.52 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO). The NC pitching staff have surrendered 557 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.81 (485 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take NC (+132) and under the total runs

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