NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 3/22/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+125) Kia (-145)

Hui Dong Kwon and the NC Dinos (61-81, 9th in KBO) are headed to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday, March 22, 2025, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (87-55, 1st in KBO). The Dinos open this game at +125 while the Tigers are priced at -145. The O/U opens at 8.

NC was slugging .428 and were called out on strikes 1,200 times, while drawing a walk on 513 occasions. They had 737 runs batted in as well as 1,371 base knocks in the prior season, while their average at the plate was at .274. The Dinos tallied 226 doubles as a unit and hit 172 balls out of the park. They tallied 773 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .353. As a team, the NC Dinos knocked in 5.4 runs per outing, which ranked them 5th in the league.

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Hui Dong Kwon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. In his career, Kwon has hit 101 balls out of the park while knocking in 521 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .412 and he has a total of 1,324 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 3,815 times and has come through with a hit 858 times. He has been struck out 588 times and has been walked on 446 occasions, which has contributed to a .365 OBP. Kwon is sitting with a batting avereage of .267 for his time in baseball, in addition to 458 scored runs and an OPS of .777.

The NC Dinos accumulated 3,827 putouts over the course of last year, in addition to 1,312 assists and 108 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .979 which had them ranked 6th in the league and had a total of 115 double plays. The Dinos stole 86 bases and were gunned down 51 times, which means their caught stealing percentage was 37.2%.

The Dinos had an earned run average of 5.00 for the prior year (6th in the league), and the staff rung up 1,061 hitters. Their pitching staff walked 531 opposing players and their FIP was 5.65 as a squad last year. NC conceded 1,389 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) as well as 708 earned runs. They accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and their pitching staff held a collective WHIP of 1.51.

The Tigers held a slugging % of .459 and they were earning 5.96 runs per contest (1st in KBO). They hit 266 doubles, while getting a free base 529 times as well as scoring 858 runs. Kia was sitting with 163 HRs last season in addition to 812 RBIs. They were rung up on 915 instances (10th in baseball) and notched a total of 1,542 base hits. The Kia Tigers accumulated an on-base percentage of .370 and a team batting average of .301 for the previous season.

Do Yeong Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. During the 1,108 at-bats in his career, Kim has an average at the plate of .311 in addition to 345 base hits. He has homered 48 times, with 587 total bases and a .530 slugging percentage. Kim has tallied a free base 126 times while going down on strikes on 234 tries. He has compiled 252 runs and also has 175 RBIs. His on-base % is .383 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .914.

In their 139 attempts at stealing a base, they made it 108 times and were caught 31 times (22.3% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers turned 133 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in the league). The Tigers had 1,400 assists, 146 errors and earned 3,864 putouts over the course of last year.

The Tigers held a team WHIP of 1.478 in addition to having a FIP of 5.30 as a unit for the previous season. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.09 (1,125 strikeouts against 539 bases on balls). They finished at 8th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,365. They allowed 141 home runs and they relinquished 5.30 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Kia pitching staff allowed 759 runs in the previous season while having an ERA of 4.40 (629 earned runs relinquished).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC (+125)

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