Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos Prediction, 8/17/2024 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Ho Cheol Seo and the NC Dinos (49-57, 7th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (59-51, 3rd in KBO) at Changwon NC Park on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

The Lions have accrued 168 doubles as a unit and have hit 134 balls out of the park. Samsung has a slugging rate of .424 and have been rung up 887 times, while taking a walk on 411 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are earning 5.3 runs/g, which puts them at 8th in baseball. They have compiled 560 RBI's and 1,049 hits this year, and their team batting average is at .271. They are sitting with 590 runs scored while having a team OBP of .349.

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Young Woong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his career, Kim has hit 27 balls out of the park while driving in 82 runs. His career slugging percentage is .463 and he has accumulated 229 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 554 times and came through with a base base knock 122 times. He has gone down on strikes 163 times and has walked on 47 at-bats, contributing to a .313 on-base percentage. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .246 for his baseball career, with 71 scored runs and an OPS of .776.

The Samsung Lions have 2,996 putouts this year, as well as 956 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .983 which ranks 1st in KBO and have a total of 74 double plays. The Lions have swiped 96 bags and have been gunned down 42 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 30.4%.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.01 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.45. Lions pitchers have given up 120 home runs and 549 runs in total (10th in KBO). Samsung has yielded 1,062 hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and also 510 earned runs. The Lions have an earned run average of 4.60 for the season (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 765 batters.

The Dinos have a team slugging percentage of .421 and they average 5.36 runs per game (5th in KBO). They have recorded 164 doubles, while taking a walk 413 times as well as scoring 579 runs. NC has recorded 127 home runs on the campaign as well as 552 RBIs. They have struck out on 918 occasions (1st in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,005 base hits. The NC Dinos have an on-base percentage of .354 in addition to a team batting average of .269 this year.

Ho Cheol Seo is a batter who can be a difference maker for NC. In the 1,047 at-bats in his baseball career, Seo has hit .266 in addition to having 278 base hits. He has gone deep 15 times, with 374 total bases and a .357 slugging %. Seo has recorded a free base 69 times while fanning on 184 occasions. He has amassed 131 runs and has 105 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .324 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .681.

The NC Dinos have turned 79 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in the league). The Dinos have accrued 991 assists, 75 errors and have a tally of 2,873 putouts so far this season. Out of their 103 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 66 times and been caught 37 times (35.9% caught stealing percentage).

The NC pitching staff have allowed 582 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.91 (522 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 100 long balls and they relinquish 5.47 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.504 in addition to having a FIP of 5.47 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.05 (804 strikeouts against 392 walks). They have a ranking of 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,048.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC

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