NC Dinos vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 10/1/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: NC Dinos vs Hanwha Eagles
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2023
Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea
TV: KBS N Sports
Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (53-72, 8th in KBO) host the NC Dinos (70-57, 3rd in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Sunday, October 1, 2023.
NC is slugging .392 and have been called out on strikes 909 times, while taking a walk on 456 occasions. They have 585 runs batted in as well as 1,194 hits so far this season, while their batting average is at .271. The Dinos have compiled 206 doubles as a unit and have knocked 91 balls out of the park. They have 619 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .349. As a unit, the NC Dinos are scoring 4.8 runs/g, which ranks them 3rd in the league.
Ah-seop Son is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for NC. Son has an average at the plate of .323 for his time in baseball, in addition to 1,305 scored runs and an OPS of .855. He has been struck out 1,205 times and earned a walk on 902 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .396 on-base percentage. In his professional baseball career, Son has hit 174 balls out of the park while knocking in 986 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .459 and he has racked up 3,417 bases. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 8,464 times and came through with a base base hit 2,403 times.
The NC Dinos have notched a total of 3,466 putouts thus far, as well as 1,221 assists and 119 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .975 which puts them in 10th in the league and they have turned 121 double plays. The Dinos have swiped 88 bases and have been gunned down 35 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 28.5%.
They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.11 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.30. Dinos pitchers have yielded 83 home runs and also 530 total runs (10th in the league). NC has surrendered 1,026 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) as well as 462 earned runs. The Dinos are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.60 so far this year (1st in baseball), and the staff has rung up 999 hitters.
Hanwha has recorded 90 long balls so far this season and 517 runs batted in. They have 196 doubles, while walking 498 times and earning 550 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have an OBP of .325 as well as a batting average of .240 for the year. The Eagles hold a slugging % of .349 and they earn 4.20 runs per contest (10th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,064 occasions (1st in baseball) and have totaled 1,074 hits.
Eun Seong Chae is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Over the course of the 3,815 official at-bats in his baseball career, Chae has a batting average of .293 in addition to 1,118 base hits. He has gone deep 116 times, with 1,686 total bases and also a .442 slugging percentage. Chae has drawn a free base 287 times while fanning on 711 occasions. He has a total of 502 runs and has 670 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .356 and he holds a career OPS of .798.
Out of their 131 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 87 times and been caught 44 times (33.6% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 102 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (1st in KBO). The Eagles have accrued 1,264 assists, 92 errors and have earned a total of 3,545 putouts for the season.
The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.399 with a FIP of 4.79 as a staff so far this year. They are sitting at 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,174. The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 629 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.34 (569 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.99 (952 strikeouts vs 478 walks). They have given up 87 homers and they allow 4.79 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball).
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha
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