Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/10/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Ho Young Son and the Lotte Giants (5-8, 8th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (5-8, 7th in KBO) on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The Tigers open this contest at +150 while the Giants are coming in at -182. The total opens at 8.

The Tigers have hit 27 doubles as a unit and have hit 14 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging % of .403 and have struck out 101 times, while getting the free base on 58 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.7 runs per contest, which has them at 6th in KBO. They have amassed 61 runs batted in in addition to 109 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate sits at .247. They have earned 61 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .335.

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Sung Bum Na is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. In his career, Na has slapped 275 balls out of the park while driving in 1,073 runs. For his career, he stepped up to the plate 6,144 times and got on base with a base knock 1,710 times. Na has hit .313 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,018 scored runs and an OPS of .919. He has earned a slugging percentage of .538 and he has a total of 2,939 bases. He has been struck out 1,344 times and has been walked on 505 occasions, contributing to a .381 OBP.

The Kia Tigers have amassed 339 putouts this season, in addition to 123 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .977 which has them ranked 7th in KBO and have accumulated 9 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 13 bases and have been caught 5 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.8%.

The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 4.54 for the year (5th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 98 hitters. Kia has yielded 118 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) as well as 57 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.92 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50. Tigers pitchers have given up 4 home runs and 72 total runs (4th in baseball).

The Lotte Giants have tallied a team on-base percentage of .325 and a batting average of .248 for the year. They have been rung up on 113 occasions (3rd in the league) and have totaled 117 base knocks. Lotte has accumulated 6 home runs on the season to go along with 50 runs batted in. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .347 and they have an average of 3.71 runs per game (7th in baseball). They hit 25 two-baggers, while getting a free base 49 times as well as putting up 52 runs.

Ho Young Son is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Son has tallied a walk 29 times while fanning on 68 attempts. His on-base percentage sits at .304 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .623. In the 386 official at-bats in his professional career, Son has hit .244 in addition to having 94 base knocks. He has scored 61 runs in addition to having earned 44 runs batted in. He has homered 4 times, with 123 total bases and also a .319 slugging percentage.

Out of their 13 tries at getting a steal, they have made it 10 times and been caught 3 times (23.1% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 9 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .970 (9th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 141 assists, 16 errors and are sitting with 378 putouts on the season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.579 and have a FIP of 5.64 as a staff for the season. They have a ranking of 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 139. The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 79 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.00 (70 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.90 (114 strikeouts against 60 bases on balls). They have surrendered 12 homers and they allow 5.64 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (-182)

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