Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos Prediction, 8/24/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs NC Dinos

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Changwon NC Park is the venue where Ho Cheol Seo and the NC Dinos (49-62, 10th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (68-46, 1st in KBO) on Saturday, August 24, 2024.

Kia has a slugging % of .456 and have been called out on strikes 745 times, while being walked on 446 occasions. They have amassed 652 RBI's and 1,231 base knocks this year, and their batting average is .296. The Tigers have tallied 215 two-baggers as a team and have hit 134 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 687 runs scored and have an OBP of .368. As a team, the Kia Tigers are earning 5.9 runs per game, which has them at 1st in the league.

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Chan Ho Park is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his pro baseball career, Park has hit 15 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 293 runs. For his career, he faced a pitcher 3,313 times and got on base with a base knock 768 times. Park has hit .259 in his time in baseball, with 417 scored runs and an OPS of .640. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .322 in addition to having tallied 954 bases. He has struck out 459 times and has walked on 262 occasions, contributing to a .318 OBP.

The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 3,129 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,149 assists and 118 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .973 which has them ranked 10th in the league and have a total of 105 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 92 bags and have been thrown out 26 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 22.0%.

The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.35 this year (1st in baseball), and the staff has struck out 898 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 111 home runs and 612 total runs (5th in the league). Kia has conceded 1,111 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 504 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.01 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.49.

The Dinos hold a team slugging % of .419 and they earn 5.27 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have 170 two-baggers, while getting a free base 425 times and putting up 596 runs. NC has knocked in 132 home runs for the year as well as 569 runs batted in. They have struck out on 961 instances (1st in the league) and have totaled 1,052 hits. The NC Dinos have compiled an OBP of .353 as well as a team batting average of .269 on the season.

Ho Cheol Seo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Seo has earned a walk 69 times while going down on strikes on 189 plate appearances. He has accounted for 134 runs and also has 108 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .321 and he also has a career OPS of .677. He has gone deep 16 times, with 382 total bases and a .356 slugging %. For the 1,073 official at-bats in his professional career, Seo has compiled an average at the plate of .264 in addition to 283 hits.

Of their 105 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 67 times and been caught 38 times (36.2% caught stealing percentage). The NC Dinos have turned 83 double plays and have a fielding rate of .980 (3rd in KBO). The Dinos have racked up 1,040 assists, 82 errors and have accounted for 3,005 putouts over the course of the season.

The Dinos hold a team WHIP of 1.508 with a FIP of 5.50 as a team so far this year. They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,098. The NC pitching staff have conceded 612 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.90 (545 earned runs allowed). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.04 (839 strikeouts vs 412 bases on balls). They have allowed 107 dingers and they concede 5.50 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia

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