NC Dinos vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/7/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs KT Wiz

Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Ah-seop Son and the NC Dinos (22-13, 2nd in KBO) head to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, where they'll take on the KT Wiz (15-21, 8th in KBO).

NC has a slugging percentage of .413 and have been rung up 303 times, while drawing a walk on 151 occasions. They have earned 194 RBI's and 334 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average is sitting at .275. The Dinos have hit 59 two-baggers as a team and have hit 33 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 202 runs scored and have an OBP of .371. As a team, the NC Dinos are notching 5.8 runs per outing, which has them at 2nd in the league.

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Ah-seop Son is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. In his career, Son has hit 176 balls out of the park while driving in 1,010 runs. His career slugging percentage is .456 and he has totaled 3,489 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 8,676 times and has delivered with a base hit 2,461 times. He has struck out 1,239 times and has gotten a free base on 916 occasions, contributing to a .395 on-base percentage. Son has a batting average of .322 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,337 scored runs and an OPS of .851.

The Dinos have swiped 25 bases and have been gunned down 12 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 32.4%. The NC Dinos have 943 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 319 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which has them ranked 2nd in the league and they have turned 25 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.35 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.33. Dinos pitchers have surrendered 28 home runs in addition to 149 runs in total (10th in baseball). NC has given up 306 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 127 earned runs. The Dinos hold a team earned run average of 3.64 on the campaign (1st in the league), and their staff has rung up 265 batters.

The KT Wiz have a team on-base percentage of .351 in addition to a batting average of .284 for the season. They have struck out on 281 occasions (2nd in KBO) and have earned a total of 374 hits. KT has 39 home runs on the year in addition to 192 runs batted in. The Wiz have a SLG% of .418 and they average 5.54 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have recorded 53 doubles, while getting a free base 134 times as well as scoring 205 runs.

Mel Rojas is a hitter who can be a difference maker for KT. Rojas has earned a walk 736 times while going down on strikes on 1,579 chances. His on-base percentage sits at .352 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .808. In the 6,541 at-bats in his pro career, Rojas has earned a batting average of .275 with 1,802 hits. He is sitting with 956 runs and also has 966 RBIs. He has homered 239 times, in addition to having 2,981 total bases and also a .456 slugging percentage.

The KT Wiz have turned 23 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .982 (4th in the league). The Wiz have recorded 328 assists, 24 errors and have accumulated 976 putouts for the season. Of their 51 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 44 times and been caught 7 times (13.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz hold a team WHIP of 1.584 with a FIP of 6.25 as a unit for the year. They come in at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 391. The KT pitching staff have surrendered 226 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 6.01 (217 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio is 2.31 (287 strikeouts vs 124 free passes). They have conceded 40 home runs and they concede 6.25 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC

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