NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 3/23/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+120) Kia (-144)

Chan Ho Park and the Kia Tigers (87-55, 1st in KBO) host the NC Dinos (61-81, 9th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday, March 23, 2025. The Dinos open this matchup at +120 while the Tigers are priced at -144. The total opens at 9.

The Dinos accounted for 226 doubles as a team and hit 172 balls out of the park. NC was slugging .428 and were called out on strikes 1,200 times, while drawing a walk on 513 occasions. As a squad, the NC Dinos earned 5.4 runs per outing, which put them at 5th in KBO. They amassed 737 runs batted in in addition to 1,371 base knocks in the prior season, and their team batting average was .274. They tallied 773 runs while holding a team OBP of .353.

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Ho Cheol Seo is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. For his professional baseball career, Seo has drilled 19 balls out of the park while knocking in 122 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 1,313 times and came through with a base hit 318 times. Seo has hit .267 for his baseball career, in addition to 154 scored runs and an OPS of .684. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .363 and he has accumulated 433 bases. He has been struck out 211 times and has gotten a free base on 70 at-bats, contributing to a .321 OBP.

The Dinos swiped 86 bags and were caught 51 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate was 37.2%. The NC Dinos finished with 3,827 putouts for the previous season, in addition to 1,312 assists and 108 errors. Their fielding percentage held steady at .979 which was 6th in KBO and they turned 115 double plays.

The Dinos had a team ERA of 5.00 in the prior season (6th in KBO), and their staff struck out 1,061 batters. NC gave up 1,389 base knocks (9.8 per 9 innings) and 708 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.00 and their pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.51. They walked 531 opposing players and their FIP was 5.65 as a squad during the previous year.

The Tigers held a team SLG% of .459 and they scored 5.96 runs per contest (1st in the league). They hit 266 doubles, while taking a walk 529 times and scoring 858 runs. Kia had a total of 163 HRs over the course of the prior season and 812 RBIs. They were rung up on 915 instances (10th in KBO) and had 1,542 base hits. The Kia Tigers had an OBP of .370 in addition to a team batting average of .301 in the prior season.

Chan Ho Park is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In the 3,063 at-bats in his professional career, Park has compiled an average at the plate of .262 in addition to 803 hits. He has hit a home run 18 times, with 1,003 total bases and also a .327 slugging %. Park has drawn a free base 274 times while striking out on 466 chances. He has accumulated 439 runs and also has 311 RBIs. His OBP sits at .322 and he also has a career OPS of .649.

The Kia Tigers turned 133 double plays and had a fielding rate of .973 (10th in Korean baseball). The Tigers recorded 1,400 assists, 146 errors and accumulated 3,864 putouts in the previous season. In their 139 tries at getting a steal, they were successful 108 times and were caught 31 times (22.3% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers held a team WHIP of 1.478 in addition to having a FIP of 5.30 as a staff over the course of last season. Their K/BB ratio sat at 2.09 (1,125 strikeouts against 539 free passes). They finished at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,365. They conceded 141 homers and they surrender 5.30 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff allowed 759 runs in the prior season while holding a team ERA of 4.40 (629 earned runs relinquished).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC (+120)

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