NC Dinos vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 9/19/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea
TV: SPOTV2
Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Kyeong-min Ho and the Doosan Bears (63-57, 4th in KBO) will take on the NC Dinos (65-53, 3rd in KBO) on Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
NC is slugging .391 and have struck out 855 times, while being walked on 432 occasions. They have amassed 543 RBI's and 1,120 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average is sitting at .272. The Dinos have tallied 191 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 82 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 574 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .350. As a unit, the NC Dinos are notching 4.8 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in baseball.
Ju Won Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Kim has earned a batting average of .232 for his career in baseball, with 105 runs scored and an OPS of .697. He has struck out 247 times and has taken a walk on 89 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .328 on-base percentage. In his career, Kim has slapped 25 baseballs out of the park while driving in 114 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .369 and he has totaled 299 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 952 times and has delivered with a base knock 188 times.
The NC Dinos have accounted for 3,220 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,138 assists and 107 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .976 which has them ranked 10th in KBO and they have twisted 116 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 82 bags and have been thrown out 35 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.9%.
The Dinos have an earned run average of 3.67 so far this year (1st in KBO), and the staff has rung up 924 hitters. Dinos pitchers have allowed 78 long balls in addition to 497 runs in total (10th in the league). NC has allowed 954 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 437 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.07 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.31.
Doosan has 83 home runs on the campaign and 480 RBIs. They have 179 doubles, while taking a walk 425 times as well as racking up 529 runs. The Doosan Bears have tallied an on-base percentage of .335 in addition to a batting average of .258 for the year. The Bears have a team SLG% of .375 and they average 4.37 runs per outing (8th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 817 occasions (7th in the league) and have 1,056 base hits.
Kyeong-min Ho is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Ho has recorded a free base 368 times while striking out on 412 attempts. His on-base percentage is .356 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .741. For the 4,596 at-bats in his baseball career, Ho is sitting with a batting avereage of .292 with 1,342 base hits. He has scored 691 runs in addition to having 570 RBIs. He has gone deep 51 times, in addition to having 1,770 total bases and a .385 slugging %.
Out of their 88 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 53 times and been caught 35 times (39.8% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have turned 90 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (8th in Korean baseball). The Bears have accrued 1,091 assists, 96 errors and have amassed 3,243 putouts so far this year.
The Doosan pitching staff have given up 535 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.97 (477 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 77 dingers and they surrender 4.45 runs per 9 innings (3rd in baseball). The Bears have a WHIP of 1.364 and have a FIP of 4.45 as a unit on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.06 (857 strikeouts vs 417 free passes). They have a ranking of 8th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,058.
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Doosan
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