NC Dinos vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 9/30/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: KBS N Sports

Si Hwan Roh and the Hanwha Eagles (52-70, 8th in KBO) host the NC Dinos (68-56, 3rd in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Saturday, September 30, 2023.

As a squad, the NC Dinos are earning 4.7 runs per game, which is 3rd in KBO. They have racked up 593 runs and have an OBP of .347. The Dinos have recorded 199 doubles as a team and have knocked 87 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 559 runs batted in and 1,159 hits so far this season, while their average at the plate sits at .269. NC has a slugging percentage of .388 and have been called out on strikes 897 times, while being walked on 444 occasions.

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Kun Woo Park is a batter who should impact this game for NC. For his pro baseball career, Park has drilled 109 balls over the fence while driving in 613 runs. His slugging percentage is .487 and he has accumulated 1,921 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 4,461 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,285 times. He has gone down on strikes 590 times and has been walked on 373 occasions, contributing to a .391 on-base %. Park has hit .326 for his career, in addition to 699 scored runs and an OPS of .878.

The Dinos have swiped 87 bases and have been caught 35 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 28.7%. The NC Dinos have earned 3,385 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,190 assists and 115 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .975 which is 10th in KBO and have 119 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.11 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.30. Dinos pitchers have surrendered 81 long balls in addition to 521 runs in total (10th in the league). NC has given up 998 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 457 earned runs. The Dinos have a team ERA of 3.65 for the season (1st in the league), and the staff has struck out 981 batters.

Hanwha has compiled 88 HRs so far this year to go along with 510 runs batted in. They have 191 two-baggers, while getting a free base 490 times and scoring 543 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have accumulated a team OBP of .325 as well as a team batting average of .240 this year. The Eagles have a team slugging percentage of .349 and they are scoring 4.24 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have struck out on 1,038 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have tallied 1,049 hits.

Si Hwan Roh is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Over the course of the 1,831 at-bats in his pro career, Noh has hit .263 with 481 hits. He has homered 68 times, as well as 794 bases in total and a .434 slugging %. Noh has recorded a free base 237 times while going down on strikes on 503 plate appearances. He has amassed 259 runs and notched 298 runs batted in. His OBP is .350 and he holds a career OPS of .784.

Out of their 127 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 83 times and been caught 44 times (34.6% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 100 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (1st in KBO). The Eagles have 1,231 assists, 90 errors and have notched a total of 3,467 putouts so far this season.

The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.396 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.79 as a team so far this season. They are sitting at 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,149. The Hanwha pitching staff have yielded 615 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.33 (556 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.01 (931 strikeouts vs 464 walks). They have conceded 85 long balls and they concede 4.79 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha

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