Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/23/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (-196) Lotte (+162)

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (13-11, 4th in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (14-11, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Eagles open this game at -196 while the Giants are priced at +162. The over/under has been set at 9.

Hanwha has a slugging rate of .375 and have been called out on strikes 192 times, while drawing a walk on 85 occasions. They have recorded 109 RBI's as well as 205 hits for the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .246. The Eagles have hit 45 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 18 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 115 runs while holding a team OBP of .326. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are notching 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in baseball.

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Tae Yean Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. In his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 29 balls out of the park while driving in 190 runs. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 1,640 times and has reached base with a hit 374 times. Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .263 in his time in baseball, in addition to 188 runs scored and an OPS of .722. His slugging percentage is .376 in addition to earning 535 bases. He has struck out 348 times and has taken a walk on 171 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .346 OBP.

The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 657 putouts for the season, as well as 247 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which has them sitting 4th in KBO and have accumulated 14 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 13 bags and have been caught 8 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 38.1%.

The Eagles hold a team earned run average of 3.58 for the season (3rd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 223 hitters. Eagles pitchers have yielded 17 home runs and 95 total runs (7th in KBO). Hanwha has surrendered 201 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 87 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.69 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.30.

The Lotte Giants have tallied a team OBP of .353 and a batting average of .279 so far this season. They have been rung up on 170 instances (7th in the league) and have notched a total of 240 base knocks. Lotte is sitting with 14 home runs for the year as well as 107 RBIs. The Giants have a SLG% of .390 and they average 4.48 runs per contest (6th in baseball). They have hit 45 doubles, while taking a walk 89 times and scoring 112 runs.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has recorded a walk 351 times while striking out on 985 attempts. His OBP sits at .340 and he holds a career OPS of .754. In the 5,185 official at-bats in his professional career, Reyes has accumulated a batting average of .295 in addition to 1,531 hits. He has amassed 726 runs and racked up 682 RBIs. He has gone deep 83 times, with 2,146 total bases and a .414 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 16 double plays and have a fielding rate of .973 (9th in the league). The Giants have 229 assists, 25 errors and have earned 663 putouts this year. Out of their 22 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 17 times and been caught 5 times (22.7% caught stealing rate).

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.502 and have a FIP of 5.05 as a unit on the season. They come in at 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 224. The Lotte pitching staff have given up 124 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.52 (111 earned runs conceded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.08 (225 strikeouts vs 108 walks). They have given up 23 homers and they relinquish 5.05 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha (-196)

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