Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/17/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+220) Lotte (-275)

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the venue where Ho Young Son and the Lotte Giants (9-10, 5th in KBO) will play the Kiwoom Heroes (7-13, 10th in KBO) on Thursday, April 17, 2025. The Giants open this matchup at -275 while the Heroes are coming in at +220. The over/under has been set at 9.

The Heroes have accrued 32 doubles as a team and have hit 18 balls out of the park. Kiwoom has a slugging percentage of .385 and have been rung up 164 times, while getting the free base on 77 occasions. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are notching 4.7 runs per contest, which has them at 4th in the league. They have amassed 84 RBI's and 173 hits over the course of the season, and their batting average is .255. They have accumulated 93 runs while holding a team OBP of .340.

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Yasiel Puig is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kiwoom. Puig has a batting average of .285 for his career, in addition to 842 runs scored and an OPS of .859. He has struck out 1,109 times and has walked on 576 occasions, contributing to a .365 on-base %. In his pro baseball career, Puig has drilled 242 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 782 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .493 in addition to racking up 2,560 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 5,910 times and also came through with a base hit 1,481 times.

The Heroes have swiped 13 bases and have been thrown out 6 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 31.6%. The Kiwoom Heroes have notched a total of 516 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 173 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .973 which has them ranked 8th in the league and they have turned 14 double plays.

The Heroes are sitting with a team ERA of 6.23 for the season (10th in baseball), and they have rung up 146 hitters. Heroes pitchers have relinquished 26 long balls in addition to 136 total runs (1st in KBO). Kiwoom has relinquished 221 base hits (11.6 per 9 innings) and also 119 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.70 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.78.

The Lotte Giants are sitting with an on-base percentage of .352 and a batting average of .271 on the season. They have struck out on 142 occasions (6th in KBO) and have tallied 184 hits. Lotte has recorded 8 HRs so far this season and 81 runs batted in. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .367 and they score 4.20 runs per contest (7th in the league). They hit 35 doubles, while taking a walk 75 times and scoring 84 runs.

Ho Young Son is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. For the 386 official at-bats in his pro career, Son has an average at the plate of .244 with 94 hits. He has hit it out of the park 4 times, as well as 123 bases in total and a .319 slugging percentage. Son has earned a walk 29 times while fanning on 68 tries. He has a total of 61 runs and also has 44 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .304 and he has earned a career OPS of .623.

The Lotte Giants have turned 12 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .970 (10th in Korean baseball). The Giants have accrued 183 assists, 22 errors and have notched a total of 531 putouts for the year. In their 19 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 14 times and been caught 5 times (26.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.503 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.34 as a staff for the year. They are sitting at 2nd in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 176. The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 105 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.68 (92 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 1.87 (168 strikeouts vs 90 free passes). They have yielded 18 homers and they relinquish 5.34 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+220)

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