Kiwoom Heroes vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 3/25/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Kia Tigers
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: KN-T
Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+132) Kia (-160)
Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (58-86, 10th in KBO) are headed to Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, where they'll take on the Kia Tigers (87-55, 1st in KBO). The Tigers open this contest at -160 while the Heroes are coming in at +132. The over/under opens at 8.
Kiwoom had a slugging percentage of .380 and struck out 1,141 times, while drawing a walk on 492 occasions. They accumulated 641 runs batted in as well as 1,326 base knocks last season, while their team batting average was at .264. The Heroes hit 222 two-baggers as a team and hit 104 balls out of the stadium. They earned a total of 672 runs scored and have an OBP of .337. As a team, the Kiwoom Heroes notched 4.7 runs per game, which had them at 10th in the league.
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Sung Mun Song is a hitter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Song has earned a batting average of .275 for his baseball career, with 307 scored runs and an OPS of .744. He has struck out 350 times and has been walked on 226 occasions, contributing to a .337 on-base percentage. In his career, Song has hit 54 balls over the fence while driving in 364 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .407 in addition to earning 945 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 2,599 times and came through with a base base knock 639 times.
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The Kiwoom Heroes had 3,818 putouts in the prior season, in addition to 1,309 assists and 104 errors. Their fielding percentage was previously at .980 which was 4th in KBO and had a total of 129 double plays. The Heroes swiped 117 bases and were caught 40 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate was 25.5%.
The Heroes finished with a team ERA of 5.16 for the prior year (9th in KBO), and the staff rung up 921 hitters. They walked 497 hitters and their FIP finished at 5.63 as a team last season. Kiwoom surrendered 1,416 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) as well as 729 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio was 1.85 and the pitching staff held a collective WHIP of 1.50.
Kia accounted for 163 home runs in the prior season and 812 runs batted in. They had 266 two-baggers, while getting a free base 529 times and racking up 858 runs. The Kia Tigers earned an OBP of .370 and a team batting average of .301 during the previous year. The Tigers held a team slugging % of .459 and they earned 5.96 runs per game (1st in the league). They were rung up on 915 occasions (10th in the league) and were sitting with 1,542 base hits.
Sun Bin Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In the 5,398 at-bats in his career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .305 with 1,649 base knocks. He has hit a home run 41 times, with 2,059 bases in total and a .381 slugging %. Kim has recorded a walk 585 times while striking out on 528 attempts. He has tallied 741 runs in addition to having earned 624 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .375 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .756.
Of their 139 attempts at swiping a bag, they made it 108 times and were caught 31 times (22.3% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers turned 133 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .973 (10th in KBO). The Tigers recorded 1,400 assists, 146 errors and had a total of 3,864 putouts over the course of last year.
The Tigers had a WHIP of 1.478 and were the owners of a FIP of 5.30 as a unit during the previous year. They had a ranking of 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,365. The Kia pitching staff allowed 759 runs for the prior year and come in with a team ERA of 4.40 (629 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sat at 2.09 (1,125 strikeouts vs 539 walks). They surrendered 141 homers and they conceded 5.30 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+132)
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