Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos Prediction, 7/26/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos

Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SBS Sports

Changwon NC Park is the venue where Ju Won Kim and the NC Dinos (41-38, 4th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (36-40, 7th in KBO) on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are compiling 4.5 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 5th in the league. They have 343 runs scored while having a team OBP of .330. The Tigers have accumulated 107 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 54 balls out of the stadium. They have amassed 320 runs batted in and 683 hits on the year, and their team batting average is at .260. Kia has a slugging percentage of .368 and have struck out 552 times, while drawing a walk on 258 occasions.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Park is sitting with a batting avereage of .247 for his career in baseball, in addition to 313 scored runs and an OPS of .611. He has fanned 402 times and has taken a walk on 204 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .306 on-base %. In his career, Park has hit 12 balls out of the park while driving in 226 runs. His career slugging percentage is .305 in addition to earning 722 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,637 times and has delivered with a base hit 583 times.

The Tigers have swiped 54 bases and have been thrown out 15 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 21.7%. The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 2,042 putouts this year, as well as 676 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and they have turned 77 double plays.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 3.82 for the season (4th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 562 batters. Kia has relinquished 637 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 289 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.68 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.43. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 41 home runs in addition to 324 runs in total (10th in KBO).

The Dinos hold a team slugging percentage of .389 and they are earning 4.79 runs per contest (2nd in KBO). They have recorded 125 doubles, while taking a walk 293 times and putting up 383 runs. NC has accounted for 56 home runs this season to go along with 358 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 597 instances (4th in the league) and have a total of 737 base knocks. The NC Dinos have tallied an on-base percentage of .349 and a team batting average of .268 over the course of the season.

Ju Won Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Kim has recorded a walk 75 times while striking out on 226 plate appearances. He has recorded 90 runs in addition to having earned 94 runs batted in. His OBP is .329 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .699. He has gone deep 21 times, in addition to having 257 bases in total and also a .370 slugging percentage. In the 694 official at-bats in his professional career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .232 with 161 base hits.

The NC Dinos have turned 75 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .974 (9th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have racked up 731 assists, 77 errors and are sitting with 2,144 putouts so far this year. In their 83 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 56 times and been caught 27 times (32.5% caught stealing percentage).

The Dinos have a team WHIP of 1.336 and have a FIP of 4.21 as a staff on the campaign. They have a ranking of 10th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 634. The NC pitching staff have allowed 334 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 3.67 (291 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.03 (649 strikeouts vs 320 bases on balls). They have surrendered 53 homers and they relinquish 4.21 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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