NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 8/31/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, August 31, 2023

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Chan-Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (52-50, 5th in KBO) play the NC Dinos (55-49, 4th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Thursday, August 31, 2023.

NC has a slugging rate of .392 and have been rung up 759 times, while being walked on 380 occasions. They have amassed 480 runs batted in and 990 hits this year, and their batting average is at .272. The Dinos have hit 167 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 75 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 510 runs and have an OBP of .349. As a squad, the NC Dinos are notching 4.8 runs per contest, which ranks them 3rd in the league.

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Ju Won Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Kim has earned a batting average of .232 for his career in baseball, with 100 scored runs and an OPS of .700. He has been struck out 236 times and earned a walk on 87 at-bats, which has contributed to a .331 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 23 balls out of the park while knocking in 104 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .369 in addition to racking up 283 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 899 times and came through with a base hit 178 times.

The NC Dinos have a tally of 2,848 putouts thus far, in addition to 999 assists and 94 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .976 which has them sitting 9th in Korean baseball and have a total of 102 double plays. The Dinos have stolen 74 bases and have been gunned down 31 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 29.5%.

The Dinos have compiled a team earned run average of 3.73 this year (2nd in the league), and their staff has struck out 814 batters. NC has surrendered 849 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 393 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.02 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.32. Dinos pitchers have surrendered 73 home runs in addition to 449 runs in total (10th in the league).

The Kia Tigers have accounted for an OBP of .341 in addition to a batting average of .270 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 710 instances (9th in baseball) and have accounted for 965 base hits. Kia has recorded 70 home runs for the year as well as 477 runs batted in. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .384 and they earn 4.92 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They have put up 161 doubles, while taking a walk 365 times as well as putting up 512 runs.

Chan-Ho Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Park has drawn a walk 220 times while striking out on 415 plate appearances. He has accumulated 335 runs and notched 239 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .312 and he has a career OPS of .624. He has homered 12 times, with 769 bases in total and a .312 slugging %. In the 2,465 at-bats in his pro career, Park has accrued an average at the plate of .251 in addition to 619 base hits.

In their 93 tries at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 72 times and been caught 21 times (22.6% caught stealing rate). The Kia Tigers have turned 99 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (7th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have racked up 945 assists, 78 errors and have earned a total of 2,758 putouts this year.

The Kia pitching staff have yielded 459 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.00 (408 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 60 homers and they yield 4.49 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.424 and have a FIP of 4.49 as a pitching staff this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.75 (734 strikeouts vs 420 free passes). They rank 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 889.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia

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