Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos Prediction, 9/17/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs NC Dinos

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Changwon NC Park is the site where Ho Cheol Seo and the NC Dinos (58-71, 9th in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (61-69, 7th in KBO) on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are recording 5.2 runs/g, which is 8th in baseball. They have earned 684 runs while holding a team OBP of .348. The Eagles have accumulated 199 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 120 balls out of the park. They have 641 RBI's and 1,240 base knocks so far this year, and their average at the plate is at .270. Hanwha is slugging .399 and have struck out 986 times, while getting the free base on 489 occasions.

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Si Hwan Roh is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Noh has hit .265 for his career, with 348 runs scored and an OPS of .789. He has struck out 630 times and has gotten a free base on 293 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .351 OBP. In his career, Noh has hit 92 baseballs out of the park while driving in 385 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .438 and he has a total of 1,027 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 2,682 times and has delivered with a hit 620 times.

The Hanwha Eagles have 3,512 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,217 assists and 96 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 4th in KBO and they have turned 122 double plays. The Eagles have stolen 102 bases and have been thrown out 40 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 28.2%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.52. Eagles pitchers have relinquished 122 home runs and 713 runs (6th in KBO). Hanwha has conceded 1,306 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) and 648 earned runs. The Eagles have an ERA of 4.98 so far this season (6th in KBO), and they have struck out 1,046 batters.

The NC Dinos have tallied a team on-base percentage of .355 and a batting average of .273 this year. They have struck out on 1,093 occasions (1st in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,242 hits. NC has knocked in 162 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 685 runs batted in. The Dinos have a team slugging % of .429 and they are scoring 5.50 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have recorded 201 two-baggers, while getting a free base 482 times and scoring 720 runs.

Ho Cheol Seo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. For the 1,145 official at-bats in his pro career, Seo has an average at the plate of .266 and has racked up 304 base knocks. He has gone yard 18 times, in addition to having 411 total bases and also a .359 slugging percentage. Seo has drawn a walk 70 times while fanning on 199 plate appearances. He is sitting with 147 runs in addition to having 116 runs batted in. His OBP is .322 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .681.

The NC Dinos have turned 100 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (5th in Korean baseball). The Dinos have racked up 1,196 assists, 96 errors and have a tally of 3,485 putouts during this campaign. Of their 121 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 78 times and been caught 43 times (35.5% caught stealing rate).

The Dinos are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.499 in addition to having a FIP of 5.54 as a squad on the campaign. They are currently ranked 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,258. The NC pitching staff have allowed 715 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.88 (629 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.99 (961 strikeouts vs 483 free passes). They have surrendered 124 homers and they relinquish 5.54 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha

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