Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/8/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+102) Lotte (-122)

Patrick Wisdom and the Kia Tigers (4-8, 9th in KBO) go to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (5-7, 7th in KBO). The Giants open this matchup at -122 while the Tigers are coming in at +102. The total is set at 9.

The Tigers have compiled 26 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 14 balls out of the park. Kia owns a slugging percentage of .417 and have been called out on strikes 93 times, while getting the free base on 53 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which has them at 6th in the league. They have recorded 56 RBI's in addition to 101 hits for the year, and their average at the plate sits at .249. They have notched a total of 56 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .337.

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Patrick Wisdom is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. For his pro baseball career, Wisdom has hit 255 baseballs over the fence while driving in 816 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .457 in addition to earning 2,282 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 5,649 times and came through with a base hit 1,202 times. He has fanned 1,602 times and has taken a walk on 549 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .320 OBP. Wisdom has hit .241 for his time in baseball, in addition to 745 scored runs and an OPS of .777.

The Tigers have swiped 12 bases and have been caught 4 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.0%. The Kia Tigers have a total of 312 putouts so far this season, in addition to 115 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .977 which puts them in 6th in KBO and have earned 8 double plays.

The Tigers have an ERA of 4.67 for the year (6th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 90 batters. Kia has allowed 106 hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 54 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.84 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.49. Tigers pitchers have yielded 4 home runs and 68 total runs (4th in KBO).

The Giants hold a team SLG% of .340 and they average 3.69 runs per outing (8th in the league). They hit 21 doubles, while taking a walk 47 times as well as putting up 48 runs. Lotte has hit 6 HRs on the year and 47 RBIs. They have struck out on 105 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have accounted for 105 hits. The Lotte Giants have accumulated a team OBP of .323 as well as a team batting average of .241 so far this year.

Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Over the course of the 971 official at-bats in his baseball career, Yoon has compiled an average at the plate of .284 in addition to 276 base hits. He has gone deep 17 times, as well as 392 bases in total and a .404 slugging percentage. Yoon has tallied a walk 104 times while fanning on 196 chances. He has a total of 150 runs and has 129 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .356 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .760.

Out of their 11 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 8 times and been caught 3 times (27.3% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .974 (8th in KBO). The Giants have accrued 132 assists, 13 errors and have amassed 351 putouts on the campaign.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.590 and have a FIP of 5.69 as a squad for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.93 (106 strikeouts vs 55 walks). They come in at 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 131. They have given up 12 long balls and they surrender 5.69 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 74 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 5.00 (65 earned runs yielded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (-122)

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