Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 3/30/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-196) Doosan (+162)

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Seung Ho Kang and the Doosan Bears (1-3, 7th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (3-1, 2nd in KBO) on Sunday, March 30, 2025. The Lions open this contest at -196 while the Bears are coming in at +162. The total has been set at 9.

The Lions have hit 8 two-baggers as a team and have hit 11 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .639 and have been called out on strikes 35 times, while being walked on 17 occasions. As a team, the Samsung Lions are compiling 11.0 runs per game, which ranks them 1st in baseball. They have earned 42 RBI's in addition to 51 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .347. They have a total of 44 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .421.

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Ji Chan Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .286 for his career in baseball, with 328 scored runs and an OPS of .705. He has struck out 216 times and earned a walk on 205 at-bats, which has contributed to a .370 on-base percentage. For his professional baseball career, Kim has drilled 6 balls out of the park while knocking in 118 runs. His slugging percentage is .335 and he has accumulated 560 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 1,961 times and has notched a base knock 478 times.

The Lions have stolen 3 bases and have been caught 0 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 0.0%. The Samsung Lions have a tally of 108 putouts on the year, in addition to 32 assists and 1 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .993 which is 2nd in Korean baseball and have accumulated 6 double plays.

The Lions have an earned run average of 6.25 on the campaign (6th in the league), and their staff has struck out 34 batters. Samsung has conceded 50 hits (12.5 per 9 innings) and also 25 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.83 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.72. Lions pitchers have surrendered 4 long balls and also 25 runs in total (5th in baseball).

The Doosan Bears have earned an on-base percentage of .331 and a batting average of .276 on the campaign. They have struck out on 43 instances (1st in the league) and have totaled 40 hits. Doosan has accounted for 0 home runs so far this year as well as 13 RBIs. The Bears hold a team SLG% of .338 and they earn 3.25 runs per game (8th in baseball). They have recorded 7 two-baggers, while walking 11 times as well as putting up 13 runs.

Seung Ho Kang is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Doosan. Over the course of the 2,026 at-bats in his career, Kang has recorded a batting average of .261 with 528 hits. He has homered 49 times, with 827 total bases and a .408 slugging percentage. Kang has recorded a walk 122 times while striking out on 547 occasions. He has scored 287 runs in addition to having earned 278 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .307 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .792.

The Doosan Bears have turned 3 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .993 (3rd in the league). The Bears have accrued 40 assists, 1 errors and have notched a total of 99 putouts on the campaign. Of their 6 chances at stealing a base, they have been successful 3 times and been caught 3 times (50.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.576 with a FIP of 5.73 as a unit so far this year. They come in at 4th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 39. The Doosan pitching staff have yielded 21 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 5.73 (21 earned runs given up). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.85 (24 strikeouts vs 13 walks). They have conceded 3 HR's and they concede 5.73 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-196)

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