Kiwoom Heroes vs NC Dinos Prediction, 9/4/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs NC Dinos

Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Changwon NC Park is the site where Ho Cheol Seo and the NC Dinos (55-65, 9th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (53-71, 10th in KBO) on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.

As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which puts them at 10th in the league. They have 570 runs while holding a team OBP of .337. The Heroes have hit 185 doubles as a unit and have smacked 90 balls out of the park. They have accrued 544 RBI's in addition to 1,138 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average sits at .266. Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .380 and have struck out 949 times, while being walked on 416 occasions.

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Hye Seong Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. For his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 37 baseballs out of the park while driving in 378 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .404 and he has racked up 1,358 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 3,739 times and has come through with a base hit 1,022 times. He has fanned 610 times and has taken a walk on 318 occasions, contributing to a .364 on-base percentage. Kim has accumulated a batting average of .304 in his time in baseball, with 577 scored runs and an OPS of .768.

The Heroes have stolen 102 bases and have been caught 37 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 26.6%. The Kiwoom Heroes have earned 3,298 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,141 assists and 92 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which is 4th in Korean baseball and they have turned 111 double plays.

The Heroes have a team ERA of 4.99 this year (7th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 801 batters. Kiwoom has conceded 1,207 base hits (9.9 per 9 innings) and 609 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.83 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.50. Heroes pitchers have conceded 125 home runs and also 659 runs (5th in the league).

NC has a total of 147 home runs so far this season as well as 630 RBIs. They have hit 186 doubles, while taking a walk 458 times as well as recording 662 runs. The NC Dinos have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .353 and a team batting average of .270 this season. The Dinos hold a slugging % of .424 and they earn 5.43 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have been rung up on 1,028 occasions (1st in KBO) and have earned a total of 1,137 base hits.

Ho Cheol Seo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Seo has drawn a free base 70 times while fanning on 192 chances. He has accumulated 142 runs in addition to having earned 113 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .323 and he has earned a career OPS of .683. He has gone deep 17 times, in addition to having 399 total bases and also a .360 slugging percentage. In the 1,108 official at-bats in his pro career, Seo has hit .266 in addition to having 295 hits.

The NC Dinos have turned 95 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .980 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Dinos have recorded 1,134 assists, 89 errors and have notched a total of 3,248 putouts during this campaign. In their 117 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 75 times and been caught 42 times (35.9% caught stealing rate).

The NC pitching staff have given up 649 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.77 (573 earned runs given up). They have conceded 112 long balls and they surrender 5.40 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.490 with a FIP of 5.40 as a unit for the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.05 (895 strikeouts vs 436 bases on balls). They come in at 10th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,177.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take NC and under the total runs

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