Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/19/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+150) Doosan (-182)

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Jae Hwan Kim and the Doosan Bears (8-11, 8th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (8-11, 9th in KBO) on Saturday, April 19, 2025. The Bears open this contest at -182 while the Tigers are coming in at +150. The total has been set at 8.5.

The Tigers have tallied 34 doubles as a unit and have knocked 20 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging rate of .384 and have struck out 144 times, while taking a walk on 82 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which is 6th in baseball. They have recorded 81 runs batted in in addition to 148 base knocks on the year, and their average at the plate comes in at .235. They have earned a total of 82 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .324.

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Won Jun Choi is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his career, Choi has drilled 27 baseballs out of the park while driving in 241 runs. For his career, he came to the plate 2,717 times and got on base with a base hit 680 times. Choi has hit .283 for his baseball career, with 385 scored runs and an OPS of .732. His career slugging percentage is .381 in addition to earning 916 bases. He has gone down on strikes 353 times and has gotten a free base on 227 occasions, contributing to a .351 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have a total of 498 putouts thus far, in addition to 198 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which has them sitting 5th in KBO and have accumulated 12 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 15 bags and have been gunned down 6 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 28.6%.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.97 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.44. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 6 home runs and 98 runs (3rd in the league). Kia has conceded 170 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 82 earned runs. The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.45 for the year (6th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 136 batters.

Doosan has tallied 10 home runs on the year as well as 77 runs batted in. The have tallied 31 two-baggers, while taking a walk 64 times as well as racking up 87 runs. The Doosan Bears have compiled a team OBP of .324 in addition to a batting average of .253 so far this year. The Bears have a SLG% of .361 and they are recording 4.58 runs per game (5th in KBO). They have been rung up on 173 occasions (2nd in the league) and have a total of 165 hits.

Jae Hwan Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kim has earned a free base 685 times while going down on strikes on 1,255 chances. He is sitting with 801 runs and has 938 runs batted in. His OBP is .374 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .883. He has gone yard 264 times, with 2,433 bases in total and a .509 slugging percentage. During the 4,783 official at-bats in his career, Kim has accumulated a batting average of .283 with 1,353 base hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 15 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Bears have 164 assists, 10 errors and have amassed 498 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 25 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 17 times and been caught 8 times (32.0% caught stealing rate).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.476 and have a FIP of 5.10 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.04 (151 strikeouts against 74 bases on balls). They rank 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 171. They have surrendered 10 HR's and they surrender 5.10 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 94 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.61 (85 earned runs surrendered).

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

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

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