Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/24/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+110) Samsung (-132)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (12-12, 5th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (11-12, 6th in KBO) on Thursday, April 24, 2025. The Tigers open this matchup at +110 while the Lions are coming in at -132. The total opens at 8.5.

Kia is slugging .387 and have been rung up 168 times, while being walked on 100 occasions. They have 98 runs batted in as well as 183 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average sits at .239. The Tigers have accrued 45 doubles as a team and have hit 23 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 102 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .327. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are earning 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in baseball.

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Sung Bum Na is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In his career, Na has hit 276 balls out of the park while knocking in 1,080 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 6,188 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,718 times. Na has an average at the plate of .312 for his career in baseball, with 1,020 runs scored and an OPS of .917. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .537 and he has racked up 2,952 bases. He has been struck out 1,352 times and has walked on 509 at-bats, contributing to a .380 OBP.

The Kia Tigers have earned a total of 603 putouts this season, in addition to 243 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate is at .979 which puts them in 6th in KBO and have 17 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 23 bags and have been thrown out 8 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 25.8%.

The Tigers have an ERA of 4.39 this year (6th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 167 batters. Kia has surrendered 215 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) as well as 98 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.92 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50. Tigers pitchers have conceded 8 home runs in addition to 115 total runs (4th in KBO).

Samsung has recorded 27 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 119 RBIs. They have hit 41 doubles, while taking a walk 93 times as well as putting up 132 runs. The Samsung Lions have earned a team OBP of .347 in addition to a batting average of .265 on the campaign. The Lions have a team slugging percentage of .419 and they have an average of 5.50 runs per game (2nd in the league). They have been rung up on 204 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have accounted for 219 base knocks.

Jae Hyeon Lee is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For the 1,157 at-bats in his professional career, Lee has an average at the plate of .251 with 290 hits. He has hit a home run 37 times, with 453 total bases and also a .392 slugging %. Lee has drawn a walk 136 times while being called out on strikes on 240 tries. He has accumulated 177 runs and also has 163 RBIs. His on-base % is .336 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .728.

The Samsung Lions have turned 21 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in the league). The Lions have 214 assists, 10 errors and have a tally of 639 putouts so far this year. In their 14 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 11 times and been caught 3 times (21.4% caught stealing rate).

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.362 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.48 as a staff for the year. They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 207. The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 106 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.31 (102 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.12 (176 strikeouts against 83 free passes). They have given up 21 long balls and they allow 4.48 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-132)

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