NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 3/27/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: NC Dinos vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: NC (+110) Samsung (-130)

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (78-64, 2nd in KBO) play the NC Dinos (61-81, 9th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The Lions open this matchup at -130 while the Dinos are coming in at +110. The O/U has been set at 8.

The Dinos hit 226 two-baggers as a unit and hit 172 balls out of the stadium. NC owned a slugging percentage of .428 and were called out on strikes 1,200 times, while being walked on 513 occasions. As a team, the NC Dinos notched 5.4 runs/g, which had them at 5th in KBO. They earned 737 runs batted in as well as 1,371 base knocks last season, and their average at the plate finished at .274. They were sitting with 773 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .353.

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Ho Cheol Seo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. For his professional baseball career, Seo has hit 19 balls out of the park while driving in 122 runs. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 1,318 times and has notched a base knock 319 times. Seo has compiled an average at the plate of .267 for his career, in addition to 154 scored runs and an OPS of .685. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .363 in addition to racking up 434 bases. He has struck out 213 times and has gotten a free base on 71 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .322 on-base %.

The Dinos swiped 86 bases and were thrown out 51 times, which means their caught stealing percentage was 37.2%. The NC Dinos had 3,827 putouts over the course of the prior season, as well as 1,312 assists and 108 errors. Their fielding rate was at .979 which put them in 6th in the league and accumulated 115 double plays.

The Dinos had a team ERA of 5.00 last season (6th in baseball), and they rung up 1,061 hitters. They walked 531 opposing batters and their FIP was 5.65 as a team over the course of last year. NC conceded 1,389 base hits (9.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 708 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio was at 2.00 and their pitching staff finished with a WHIP of 1.51.

The Samsung Lions accounted for a team on-base percentage of .347 as well as a team batting average of .269 during the previous year. They struck out on 1,150 occasions (2nd in the league) and recorded 1,336 base hits. Samsung had a total of 185 home runs for the prior year to go along with 734 RBIs. The Lions had a slugging percentage of .428 and they tallied 5.35 runs per outing (6th in the league). They recorded 204 doubles, while walking 531 times as well as racking up 770 runs.

Young Woong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. During the 571 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .242 with 138 hits. He has hit a home run 32 times, with 262 total bases and a .459 slugging %. Kim has earned a free base 53 times while striking out on 192 chances. He has accumulated 80 runs and notched 94 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .307 and he has a lifetime OPS of .766.

The Samsung Lions turned 105 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in KBO). The Lions racked up 1,252 assists, 81 errors and a tally of 3,848 putouts last season. In their 164 chances at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 114 times and were caught 50 times (30.5% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions had a team WHIP of 1.451 with a FIP of 5.04 as a pitching staff for the previous season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sat at 2.05 (980 strikeouts against 477 walks). They finished at 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,384. They conceded 164 home runs and they gave up 5.04 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff surrendered 719 runs during the previous year while holding a team ERA of 4.68 (667 earned runs relinquished).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take NC (+110)

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