Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos Prediction, 4/27/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos

Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-196) NC (+162)

Changwon NC Park is the venue where Matt Davidson and the NC Dinos (9-13, 9th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (14-12, 4th in KBO) on Sunday, April 27, 2025. The Dinos open this matchup at +162 while the Lions are priced at -196. The over/under is set at 8.5.

Samsung is slugging .446 and have been called out on strikes 214 times, while being walked on 99 occasions. They have amassed 141 runs batted in and 252 hits on the year, and their batting average sits at .279. The Lions have accrued 48 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 32 balls out of the park. They have racked up 156 runs and have an OBP of .356. As a team, the Samsung Lions are scoring 6.0 runs per game, which is 1st in the league.

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Ja Wook Koo is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. For his career, Koo has slapped 172 baseballs over the fence while driving in 804 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .511 and he has a total of 2,453 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 5,421 times and came through with a base base hit 1,519 times. He has gone down on strikes 931 times and has gotten a free base on 490 at-bats, contributing to a .384 on-base %. Koo has hit .317 for his career, in addition to 900 scored runs and an OPS of .895.

The Samsung Lions have earned a total of 693 putouts this year, as well as 227 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .988 which is 2nd in Korean baseball and they have turned 23 double plays. The Lions have swiped 14 bases and have been thrown out 3 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 17.6%.

The Lions have an earned run average of 4.21 on the season (5th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 195 hitters. Samsung has given up 225 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 108 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.24 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.35. Lions pitchers have given up 23 home runs and also 113 runs (6th in KBO).

The Dinos have a team SLG% of .384 and they score 4.32 runs per game (7th in the league). They have recorded 32 doubles, while taking a walk 78 times and scoring 95 runs. NC is sitting with 18 home runs so far this season in addition to 93 runs batted in. They have struck out on 207 occasions (5th in KBO) and have 178 hits. The NC Dinos have tallied an OBP of .330 in addition to a team batting average of .250 this season.

Matt Davidson is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Davidson has recorded a walk 662 times while striking out on 2,085 plate appearances. He has compiled 934 runs in addition to having earned 1,140 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .332 and he has a career OPS of .806. He has homered 353 times, with 3,112 bases in total and also a .473 slugging %. Over the course of the 6,583 official at-bats in his professional career, Davidson has an average at the plate of .254 and has racked up 1,670 base knocks.

Out of their 18 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 10 times and been caught 8 times (44.4% caught stealing rate). The NC Dinos have turned 14 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .973 (9th in KBO). The Dinos have recorded 205 assists, 21 errors and have notched a total of 553 putouts so far this season.

The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.597 and are the owners of a FIP of 6.30 as a unit on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio is 1.35 (154 strikeouts vs 114 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 180. They have allowed 23 long balls and they relinquish 6.30 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The NC pitching staff have surrendered 129 runs for the season while having an ERA of 5.48 (112 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take NC (+162) and under the total runs

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