NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/24/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers
Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: KN-T
Hui Dong Kwon and the NC Dinos (45-44, 5th in KBO) go to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, where they'll meet the Kia Tigers (57-35, 1st in KBO).
The Dinos have accrued 134 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 109 balls out of the park. NC is slugging .420 and have been called out on strikes 766 times, while getting the free base on 343 occasions. As a team, the NC Dinos are earning 5.3 runs per game, which puts them at 6th in baseball. They have 464 RBI's in addition to 851 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate is at .269. They have notched a total of 485 runs while holding a team OBP of .354.
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Hui Dong Kwon is a hitter who should impact this game for NC. Kwon has hit .264 for his career, in addition to 434 runs scored and an OPS of .766. He has fanned 576 times and has gotten a free base on 422 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .362 OBP. For his career, Kwon has hit 93 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 489 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .404 and he has a total of 1,250 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 3,660 times and also came through with a hit 816 times.
The NC Dinos have accounted for 2,442 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 849 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which ranks 1st in KBO and have accumulated 65 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 60 bases and have been caught 35 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 36.8%.
The Dinos hold a team ERA of 4.63 so far this year (3rd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 690 batters. Dinos pitchers have given up 81 home runs in addition to 463 runs (10th in baseball). NC has yielded 874 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 419 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.21 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.46.
The Kia Tigers have earned a team on-base percentage of .372 in addition to a team batting average of .299 so far this year. They have struck out on 611 occasions (10th in baseball) and have tallied 1,012 base knocks. Kia has 111 home runs on the season to go along with 547 runs batted in. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .461 and they average 6.16 runs per game (1st in baseball). The have tallied 182 doubles, while taking a walk 378 times and racking up 579 runs.
Do Yeong Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. Kim has earned a walk 103 times while going down on strikes on 192 tries. His OBP comes in at .375 and he has a lifetime OPS of .873. For the 923 official at-bats in his professional career, Kim has hit .304 in addition to 281 base hits. He has amassed 203 runs in addition to having earned 135 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 34 times, with 459 total bases and a .497 slugging percentage.
Out of their 100 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 78 times and been caught 22 times (22.0% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 98 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in KBO). The Tigers have accrued 961 assists, 96 errors and have notched a total of 2,541 putouts during this campaign.
The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.489 in addition to having a FIP of 5.29 as a staff on the season. They come in at 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 895. The Kia pitching staff have yielded 498 runs for the year while having an ERA of 4.41 (415 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.97 (722 strikeouts vs 366 free passes). They have surrendered 95 homers and they give up 5.29 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kia and under the total runs
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