Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/16/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+125) Lotte (-150)

Sung Mun Song and the Kiwoom Heroes (7-12, 10th in KBO) travel to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (8-10, 5th in KBO). The Heroes open this game at +125 while the Giants are coming in at -150. The total opens at 8.5.

Kiwoom has a slugging % of .383 and have been called out on strikes 156 times, while being walked on 72 occasions. They have accumulated 79 RBI's as well as 164 hits on the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .255. The Heroes have accounted for 29 doubles as a team and have hit 17 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 87 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .338. As a unit, the Kiwoom Heroes are scoring 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 6th in the league.

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Sung Mun Song is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Kiwoom. Song has compiled an average at the plate of .274 in his time in baseball, with 321 runs scored and an OPS of .745. He has struck out 358 times and has walked on 236 occasions, contributing to a .337 on-base %. In his pro baseball career, Song has hit 57 baseballs out of the park while driving in 373 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .408 in addition to having tallied 973 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 2,671 times and has come through with a base hit 654 times.

The Heroes have swiped 13 bags and have been thrown out 6 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 31.6%. The Kiwoom Heroes have accounted for 492 putouts thus far, in addition to 161 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .972 which has them sitting 9th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 13 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.74 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.76. Heroes pitchers have allowed 25 home runs and also 128 total runs (1st in KBO). Kiwoom has relinquished 208 base hits (11.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 111 earned runs. The Heroes hold a team ERA of 6.09 for the season (10th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 141 hitters.

The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .360 and they are earning 4.00 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have recorded 34 two-baggers, while getting a free base 70 times and putting up 76 runs. Lotte has accounted for 7 HRs so far this year as well as 73 RBIs. They have been rung up on 137 instances (5th in the league) and have recorded 171 base hits. The Lotte Giants have a team OBP of .345 and a team batting average of .266 so far this season.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. During the 5,160 at-bats in his pro career, Reyes has accumulated a batting average of .296 and has racked up 1,525 hits. He has gone yard 82 times, in addition to having 2,135 total bases and also a .414 slugging percentage. Reyes has recorded a walk 350 times while striking out on 980 chances. He has tallied 723 runs and racked up 680 RBIs. His on-base rate is .341 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .755.

Out of their 18 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 14 times and been caught 4 times (22.2% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 11 double plays and have a fielding rate of .971 (10th in the league). The Giants have accrued 174 assists, 20 errors and have earned a total of 504 putouts so far this season.

The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 99 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.71 (88 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 17 HR's and they allow 5.30 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.500 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.30 as a staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.88 (160 strikeouts against 85 walks). They come in at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 167.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+125)

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