Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/23/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+106) Samsung (-128)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (12-12, 5th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (11-12, 6th in KBO) on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The odds on this game have the Tigers priced at +106 and the Lions are at -128. The O/U opens at 8.5.

Kia has a slugging percentage of .387 and have been called out on strikes 168 times, while being walked on 100 occasions. They have earned 98 RBI's and 183 hits this year, while their batting average comes in at .239. The Tigers have tallied 45 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 23 balls out of the stadium. They have accounted for 102 runs scored and hold an OBP of .327. As a team, the Kia Tigers are putting up 4.4 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 7th in the league.

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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 balls out of the park while knocking in 245 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .381 and he has racked up 921 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 2,732 times and has notched a base hit 684 times. He has gone down on strikes 355 times and earned a walk on 227 occasions, which has contributed to a .351 on-base %. Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .283 for his baseball career, in addition to 387 runs scored and an OPS of .732.

The Kia Tigers have earned a total of 603 putouts so far this season, as well as 243 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .979 which puts them in 6th in the league and they have turned 17 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 23 bases and have been caught 8 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 25.8%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.50. Tigers pitchers have allowed 8 home runs and 115 runs in total (4th in the league). Kia has surrendered 215 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 98 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 4.39 so far this year (6th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 167 batters.

Samsung has 27 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 119 RBIs. They have 41 doubles, while taking a walk 93 times as well as putting up 132 runs. The Samsung Lions have accumulated an OBP of .347 as well as a batting average of .265 on the season. The Lions hold a team slugging percentage of .419 and they score 5.50 runs per outing (2nd in KBO). They have struck out on 204 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have notched a total of 219 base hits.

Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has drawn a walk 490 times while striking out on 929 tries. He has recorded 898 runs and racked up 803 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .384 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .895. He has hit a home run 172 times, with 2,450 bases in total and also a .511 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 4,791 official at-bats in his pro career, Koo has recorded a batting average of .316 and has racked up 1,516 base knocks.

Out of their 14 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 11 times and been caught 3 times (21.4% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 21 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Lions have recorded 214 assists, 10 errors and have earned a total of 639 putouts during this campaign.

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.362 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.48 as a pitching staff this year. They come in at 4th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 207. The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 106 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.31 (102 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.12 (176 strikeouts against 83 free passes). They have conceded 21 homers and they concede 4.48 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-128)

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