Hanwha Eagles vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/4/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, April 4, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (+150) Samsung (-182)

Ji Chan Kim and the Samsung Lions (6-3, 2nd in KBO) play the Hanwha Eagles (3-6, 9th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Friday, April 4, 2025. The Eagles open this game at +150 while the Lions are coming in at -182. The O/U has been set at 8.

The Eagles have hit 13 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 4 balls out of the park. Hanwha has a slugging % of .273 and have been called out on strikes 63 times, while drawing a walk on 26 occasions. As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are scoring 2.9 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 9th in the league. They have recorded 24 runs batted in as well as 50 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is .177. They have racked up 26 runs and have an on-base percentage of .259.

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Estevan Florial is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Florial has accrued an average at the plate of .256 for his baseball career, with 579 scored runs and an OPS of .781. He has gone down on strikes 1,146 times and has gotten a free base on 450 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .345 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Florial has hit 116 balls out of the park while driving in 463 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .435 in addition to having tallied 1,456 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped up to the plate 3,857 times and has delivered with a base knock 857 times.

The Hanwha Eagles have 238 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 104 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which ranks 5th in the league and they have turned 9 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 7 bases and have been gunned down 3 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 30.0%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.06 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.37. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 8 home runs in addition to 36 runs (7th in KBO). Hanwha has yielded 75 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 34 earned runs. The Eagles are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.87 for the season (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 68 hitters.

The Samsung Lions have an on-base percentage of .368 and a batting average of .287 this season. They have been rung up on 67 instances (4th in baseball) and have accounted for 89 hits. Samsung has recorded 12 HRs for the season to go along with 60 RBIs. The Lions have a team slugging percentage of .471 and they score 7.67 runs per contest (1st in the league). They have recorded 17 two-baggers, while getting a free base 38 times as well as scoring 69 runs.

Ji Chan Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In the 1,690 official at-bats in his pro career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .287 with 485 hits. He has hit it out of the park 6 times, with 570 bases in total and also a .337 slugging percentage. Kim has drawn a walk 209 times while striking out on 218 attempts. He has a total of 333 runs and also has 120 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .372 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .709.

The Samsung Lions have turned 10 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (3rd in KBO). The Lions have 63 assists, 5 errors and have accounted for 240 putouts for the year. Out of their 4 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 4 times and been caught 0 times (0.0% caught stealing rate).

The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 44 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 4.73 (42 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 7 home runs and they concede 4.95 runs per 9 innings (6th in KBO). The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.363 in addition to having a FIP of 4.95 as a staff for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.96 (80 strikeouts against 27 bases on balls). They come in at 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 82.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha (+150)

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