NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/5/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+102) Kiwoom (-122)

Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Yasiel Puig and the Kiwoom Heroes (4-5, 5th in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (3-4, 6th in KBO) on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The Heroes open this game at -122 while the Dinos are coming in at +102. The total has been set at 8.

NC has a slugging % of .449 and have been called out on strikes 58 times, while being walked on 27 occasions. They have earned 38 RBI's as well as 76 hits for the year, while their batting average comes in at .308. The Dinos have recorded 11 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 6 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 39 runs scored and have an OBP of .383. As a squad, the NC Dinos are putting up 5.6 runs per contest, which is 4th in baseball.

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Hui Dong Kwon is a batter who should impact this game for NC. In his pro baseball career, Kwon has hit 102 balls out of the park while driving in 523 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .413 and he has racked up 1,334 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 3,842 times and has reached base with a base hit 865 times. He has struck out 592 times and earned a walk on 453 occasions, contributing to a .367 on-base %. Kwon has accumulated a batting average of .268 for his baseball career, in addition to 465 runs scored and an OPS of .780.

The Dinos have swiped 1 bases and have been thrown out 0 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 0.0%. The NC Dinos have amassed 183 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 65 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .965 which is 9th in the league and they have turned 4 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.29 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.67. Dinos pitchers have yielded 12 home runs in addition to 60 total runs (2nd in baseball). NC has relinquished 64 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 47 earned runs. The Dinos have an earned run average of 6.93 over the course of the season (10th in the league), and their staff has rung up 49 hitters.

Kiwoom has a total of 10 home runs this year as well as 52 runs batted in. The have tallied 18 two-baggers, while walking 31 times and scoring 57 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have an on-base percentage of .371 as well as a batting average of .298 for the year. The Heroes hold a slugging % of .445 and they are recording 6.33 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have been rung up on 76 occasions (2nd in the league) and have accounted for 97 base hits.

Yasiel Puig is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Puig has recorded a walk 573 times while being called out on strikes on 1,098 plate appearances. His on-base rate is .367 and he holds a career OPS of .862. For the 5,149 at-bats in his baseball career, Puig has earned a batting average of .286 with 1,474 base knocks. He has scored 841 runs and has 777 RBIs. He has hit a home run 241 times, in addition to having 2,549 bases in total and also a .495 slugging percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 3 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .962 (10th in Korean baseball). The Heroes have accrued 74 assists, 12 errors and have 231 putouts so far this year. In their 10 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 8 times and been caught 2 times (20.0% caught stealing rate).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 65 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 6.31 (54 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 15 long balls and they concede 7.60 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Heroes have a WHIP of 1.818 and are the owners of a FIP of 7.60 as a unit on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.41 (62 strikeouts vs 44 walks). They rank 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 96.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kiwoom (-122)

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