LG Twins vs NC Dinos Prediction, 10/16/2021 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: LG Twins vs NC Dinos

Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPOTV2

Odds/Point Spread: LG (-103) NC (-125)

Myung Gi Song and the NC Dinos (60-61, 7th in KBO) host the LG Twins (67-52, 2nd in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Twins coming in at -103 and the Dinos are at -125. The total opens at 9.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Chan Kyu Im and Myung Gi Song.

LG has a slugging rate of .381 and have been rung up 809 times, while being walked on 514 occasions. They have recorded 564 runs batted in in addition to 1,083 hits for the year, while their team batting average comes in at .255. The Twins have tallied 197 two-baggers as a team and have hit 105 balls out of the park. They have racked up 591 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .344. As a squad, the LG Twins are putting up 4.6 runs per outing, which is 8th in the league.

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Hyun Soo Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for LG. Kim has hit .316 for his baseball career, with 1,048 scored runs and an OPS of .879. He has been struck out 804 times and has been walked on 884 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .397 on-base percentage. For his career, Kim has hit 219 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 1,194 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .482 and he has totaled 3,168 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 7,612 times and has delivered a base knock 2,074 times.

The Twins have swiped 87 bags and have been thrown out 36 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.3%. The LG Twins are sitting with 3,394 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,327 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .983 which is 3rd in KBO and have 136 double plays.

The Twins have an ERA of 3.68 on the season (1st in the league), and they have struck out 937 hitters. LG has given up 1,001 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 462 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.89 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.32. Twins pitchers have surrendered 75 home runs in addition to 516 runs in total (10th in the league).

Im (45-57 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 5.22 and he has faced 3,630 opposing hitters during his time in baseball. He has allowed 857 base hits (9.5 hits per 9 innings) with 374 walks. His ERA is 4.78 (432 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.514. Im has taken the hill for 813 innings and has earned 680 K's thus far in his career.

The NC Dinos have an OBP of .346 in addition to a batting average of .262 on the season. They have struck out on 949 occasions (5th in KBO) and have totaled 1,118 hits. NC has tallied 158 home runs so far this season to go along with 612 runs batted in. The Dinos have a SLG% of .422 and they average 5.02 runs per contest (6th in KBO). They have hit 179 two-baggers, while taking a walk 468 times and notching 642 runs.

Ui-ji Yang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Yang has tallied a free base 502 times while being called out on strikes on 591 attempts. He has accumulated 695 runs and also has 841 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .390 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .895. He has hit it out of the park 205 times, with 2,301 total bases and a .505 slugging percentage. In the 4,554 official at-bats in his career, Yang has earned a batting average of .309 and has racked up 1,409 base hits.

The NC Dinos have turned 95 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in the league). The Dinos have 1,154 assists, 100 errors and have a total of 3,341 putouts so far this year. Out of their 112 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 73 times and been caught 39 times (34.8% caught stealing rate).

The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.499 with a FIP of 5.08 as a team on the campaign. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.74 (928 strikeouts vs 534 walks). They have a ranking of 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,135. They have allowed 113 homers and they concede 5.08 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The NC pitching staff have given up 629 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.59 (568 earned runs allowed).

Song (17-11 career record) is the owner of a 5.05 earned run average while surrendering 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.77 and he has gone up against 885 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. He has allowed a total of 111 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.520 and a FIP of 5.2. So far in his career, Song has given up 210 base hits while totaling 161 strikeouts in 198 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take LG (-103)

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