Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 4/2/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Doosan Bears

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (-144) Doosan (+120)

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (2-6, 10th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (4-4, 5th in KBO) on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The odds on this matchup have the Heroes priced at -144 and the Bears are at +120. The O/U opens at 9.

The Heroes have earned 17 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 9 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging rate of .464 and have struck out 63 times, while getting the free base on 30 occasions. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 6.8 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They have 49 runs batted in and 92 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate is at .314. They have accumulated 54 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .389.

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Ju Hyoung Lee is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. For his professional baseball career, Lee has slapped 13 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 62 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .395 and he has racked up 206 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to bat 595 times and came through with a base base hit 140 times. He has gone down on strikes 136 times and has walked on 54 occasions, contributing to a .357 OBP. Lee has recorded a batting average of .269 for his time in baseball, with 89 runs scored and an OPS of .751.

The Heroes have swiped 8 bases and have been caught 2 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 20.0%. The Kiwoom Heroes have a total of 207 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 66 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .968 which is 8th in KBO and have a total of 3 double plays.

The Heroes have compiled a team earned run average of 6.65 on the season (9th in the league), and their staff has rung up 56 hitters. Kiwoom has conceded 89 hits (11.6 per 9 innings) as well as 51 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.47 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.84. Heroes pitchers have conceded 14 long balls and also 60 runs (1st in baseball).

Doosan is sitting with 2 home runs on the season and 22 RBIs. They have notched 10 two-baggers, while walking 19 times and putting up 22 runs. The Doosan Bears have recorded an OBP of .283 in addition to a team batting average of .223 so far this year. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .298 and they average 2.75 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have struck out on 79 occasions (1st in baseball) and have tallied 59 base knocks.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should impact this game for Doosan. Jung has earned a free base 546 times while striking out on 779 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .353 and he holds a career OPS of .725. Over the course of the 5,302 official at-bats in his career, Jung has compiled an average at the plate of .280 in addition to having 1,485 hits. He has accumulated 920 runs in addition to having 545 RBIs. He has hit a home run 36 times, with 1,970 total bases and a .372 slugging percentage.

The Doosan Bears have turned 6 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (2nd in KBO). The Bears have racked up 77 assists, 4 errors and have a tally of 204 putouts for the year. Out of their 10 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 5 times and been caught 5 times (50.0% caught stealing rate).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.426 in addition to having a FIP of 5.43 as a pitching staff this season. They rank 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 72. The Doosan pitching staff have yielded 41 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.76 (36 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.08 (52 strikeouts against 25 free passes). They have conceded 4 long balls and they relinquish 5.43 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (-144)

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