Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 3/22/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Yasiel Puig and the Kiwoom Heroes (58-86, 10th in KBO) head to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, March 22, 2025, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (78-64, 2nd in KBO). The Lions open this game at -144 while the Heroes are coming in at +120. The O/U is set at 8.5.

The Heroes compiled 222 doubles as a team and hit 104 balls out of the park. Kiwoom had a slugging % of .380 and struck out 1,141 times, while getting the free base on 492 occasions. As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes put up 4.7 runs per game, which put them at 10th in the league. They earned 641 RBI's as well as 1,326 hits in the prior season, while their batting average was .264. They tallied 672 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .337.

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Yasiel Puig is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kiwoom. Puig has hit .277 in his time in baseball, in addition to 441 runs scored and an OPS of .823. He has struck out 681 times and has walked on 297 occasions, which contributes in part to a .348 on-base %. In his career, Puig has hit 132 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 415 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .475 and he has totaled 1,431 bases. For his time in baseball, he approached the plate 3,376 times and has reached base with a hit 834 times.

The Heroes swiped 117 bases and were thrown out 40 times, which means their caught stealing percentage was 25.5%. The Kiwoom Heroes had a tally of 3,818 putouts in the previous season, as well as 1,309 assists and 104 errors. Their fielding percentage was previously at .980 which was 4th in the league and they turned 129 double plays.

They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.85 and the pitching staff recorded a WHIP of 1.50. Their pitching staff walked 497 opposing players and their FIP finished at 5.63 as a team over the course of last year. Kiwoom surrendered 1,416 hits (10.0 per 9 innings) and 729 earned runs. The Heroes had an ERA of 5.16 for the prior year (9th in baseball), and they rung up 921 hitters.

The Samsung Lions held an OBP of .347 as well as a team batting average of .269 for the previous season. They struck out on 1,150 instances (2nd in the league) and notched a total of 1,336 hits. Samsung compiled 185 home runs during the previous year and 734 RBIs. The Lions had a team slugging % of .428 and they averaged 5.35 runs per game (6th in baseball). They had 204 doubles, while taking a walk 531 times and scoring 770 runs.

Ji Chan Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For the 1,655 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .283 in addition to having 469 base hits. He has hit a home run 6 times, with 549 total bases and a .332 slugging percentage. Kim has earned a free base 204 times while going down on strikes on 215 tries. He has recorded 320 runs and also has 118 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .368 and he also has a career OPS of .700.

In their 164 chances at getting a steal, they had success 114 times and were caught 50 times (30.5% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions turned 105 double plays and had a fielding rate of .984 (1st in the league). The Lions accrued 1,252 assists, 81 errors and earned a total of 3,848 putouts last year.

The Lions finished with a team WHIP of 1.451 with a FIP of 5.04 as a pitching staff for the prior year. They were ranked 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,384. The Samsung pitching staff allowed 719 runs during the previous year while holding a team ERA of 4.68 (667 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sat at 2.05 (980 strikeouts against 477 bases on balls). They allowed 164 long balls and they surrendered 5.04 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+120)

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