Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/22/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+126) Samsung (-152)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (12-12, 5th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (11-12, 6th in KBO) on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The moneyline on this contest has the Tigers coming in at +126 and the Lions are at -152. The O/U is set at 8.

Kia is slugging .387 and have been called out on strikes 168 times, while taking a walk on 100 occasions. They have 98 runs batted in in addition to 183 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average sits at .239. The Tigers have compiled 45 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 23 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 102 runs and have an on-base percentage of .327. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are notching 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 7th in KBO.

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Patrick Wisdom is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his career, Wisdom has drilled 258 baseballs over the fence while driving in 822 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he approached the plate 5,694 times and came through with a base hit 1,211 times. Wisdom is sitting with a batting avereage of .241 for his career in baseball, in addition to 754 runs scored and an OPS of .778. His career slugging percentage is .457 in addition to having tallied 2,301 bases. He has fanned 1,614 times and has walked on 557 at-bats, which has contributed to a .321 OBP.

The Kia Tigers have a total of 603 putouts so far this season, in addition to 243 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which is 6th in KBO and have accumulated 17 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 23 bases and have been caught 8 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 25.8%.

The Tigers have an ERA of 4.39 so far this season (6th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 167 hitters. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 8 long balls in addition to 115 total runs (4th in KBO). Kia has surrendered 215 base knocks (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 98 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.92 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50.

The Samsung Lions have compiled an OBP of .347 and a batting average of .265 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 204 occasions (2nd in the league) and have recorded 219 base hits. Samsung has accumulated 27 home runs on the year to go along with 119 runs batted in. The Lions have a slugging percentage of .419 and they average 5.50 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have 41 two-baggers, while taking a walk 93 times and putting up 132 runs.

Young Woong Kim is a batter who should impact this game for Samsung. Over the course of the 651 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .241 with 157 hits. He has hit the long ball 35 times, with 292 bases in total and also a .449 slugging percentage. Kim has earned a free base 58 times while striking out on 218 attempts. He has accrued 88 runs and notched 108 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .303 and he also has a career OPS of .752.

The Samsung Lions have turned 21 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in the league). The Lions have recorded 214 assists, 10 errors and have 639 putouts during this campaign. Of their 14 chances at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 11 times and been caught 3 times (21.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.362 in addition to having a FIP of 4.48 as a staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.12 (176 strikeouts against 83 walks). They are sitting at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 207. They have yielded 21 long balls and they give up 4.48 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have given up 106 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.31 (102 earned runs relinquished).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-152)

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