NC Dinos vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, April 18, 2025

Location: Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+125) Hanwha (-150)

Ju Won Kim and the NC Dinos (7-9, 7th in KBO) are headed to Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on Friday, April 18, 2025, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (10-11, 6th in KBO). The Dinos open this contest at +125 while the Eagles are coming in at -150. The over/under is set at 9.

As a unit, the NC Dinos are notching 4.9 runs per game, which has them at 3rd in the league. They have racked up 79 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .349. The Dinos have tallied 22 doubles as a squad and have knocked 17 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 77 runs batted in as well as 142 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is at .266. NC has a slugging % of .418 and have been rung up 148 times, while getting the free base on 63 occasions.

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Ju Won Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .237 for his baseball career, in addition to 184 scored runs and an OPS of .708. He has gone down on strikes 380 times and earned a walk on 152 occasions, which contributes in part to a .340 on-base %. For his career, Kim has drilled 36 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 175 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .368 and he has totaled 474 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to the plate 1,536 times and has reached base with a hit 305 times.

The Dinos have swiped 5 bags and have been thrown out 4 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 44.4%. The NC Dinos have accounted for 412 putouts for the season, as well as 154 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .978 which is 7th in Korean baseball and have earned 11 double plays.

The Dinos have compiled a team earned run average of 5.19 for the season (9th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 113 batters. Dinos pitchers have allowed 16 home runs and 94 runs in total (5th in baseball). NC has given up 124 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 79 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.36 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.51.

The Eagles hold a slugging % of .341 and they have an average of 4.05 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have recorded 34 doubles, while getting a free base 70 times as well as putting up 85 runs. Hanwha has recorded 13 home runs this year to go along with 81 runs batted in. They have struck out on 160 occasions (4th in the league) and are sitting with 162 base hits. The Hanwha Eagles have earned an OBP of .309 and a team batting average of .230 so far this season.

Si Hwan Roh is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Noh has drawn a free base 304 times while going down on strikes on 657 occasions. His OBP sits at .350 and he has a career OPS of .788. In the 2,459 at-bats in his professional career, Noh has recorded a batting average of .264 with 650 base knocks. He has a total of 361 runs and also has 404 RBIs. He has homered 97 times, in addition to having 1,077 bases in total and a .438 slugging percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 11 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (4th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have 212 assists, 13 errors and have accumulated 561 putouts this season. In their 17 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 12 times and been caught 5 times (29.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.353 in addition to having a FIP of 4.14 as a team on the season. They rank 3rd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 177. The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 86 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.75 (78 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.45 (186 strikeouts vs 76 walks). They have yielded 17 long balls and they concede 4.14 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take NC (+125)

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