Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/23/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea
TV: SPO-2T
Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (-128) Kiwoom (+106)
Gocheok Sky Dome is the site where Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (8-17, 10th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (9-13, 8th in KBO) on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Bears open this matchup at -128 while the Heroes are priced at +106. The total opens at 9.

The Bears have tallied 41 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 11 balls out of the park. Doosan has a slugging % of .374 and have been called out on strikes 198 times, while drawing a walk on 79 occasions. As a unit, the Doosan Bears are compiling 4.6 runs per game, which has them at 4th in baseball. They have accumulated 90 runs batted in and 197 base knocks this season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .261. They are sitting with 100 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .335.
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Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 264 balls over the fence while knocking in 938 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .509 and he has accumulated 2,433 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 5,570 times and also came through with a base knock 1,353 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,255 times and earned a walk on 685 at-bats, which has contributed to a .374 OBP. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .283 in his time in baseball, with 801 runs scored and an OPS of .883.
The Doosan Bears have 579 putouts for the season, in addition to 192 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .981 which has them ranked 5th in the league and they have turned 16 double plays. The Bears have swiped 17 bags and have been caught 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 34.6%.
Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.93 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.46. Bears pitchers have allowed 12 home runs and also 109 runs in total (5th in the league). Doosan has surrendered 193 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 97 earned runs. The Bears have a team ERA of 4.52 this season (8th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 172 batters.
Kiwoom has accumulated 18 home runs over the course of the season as well as 94 runs batted in. They have hit 40 doubles, while walking 82 times and putting up 103 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have a team OBP of .320 and a batting average of .246 so far this season. The Heroes have a team SLG% of .362 and they earn 4.12 runs per outing (8th in KBO). They have struck out on 225 instances (1st in the league) and have notched a total of 208 base hits.
Sung Mun Song is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Song has drawn a free base 239 times while going down on strikes on 361 occasions. He has scored 324 runs in addition to having earned 375 runs batted in. His OBP is .337 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .745. He has gone deep 58 times, in addition to having 982 total bases and a .408 slugging percentage. For the 2,408 official at-bats in his professional career, Song has an average at the plate of .274 with 659 base hits.
The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 17 double plays and have a fielding rate of .971 (10th in KBO). The Heroes have recorded 220 assists, 26 errors and have notched a total of 645 putouts on the campaign. In their 25 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 17 times and been caught 8 times (32.0% caught stealing percentage).
The Kiwoom pitching staff have given up 168 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 5.73 (137 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 28 homers and they concede 7.03 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.791 in addition to having a FIP of 7.03 as a staff so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.60 (176 strikeouts vs 110 free passes). They are sitting at 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 275.
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+106) and under the total runs
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