Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos Prediction, 4/25/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs NC Dinos

Date: Friday, April 25, 2025

Location: Changwon NC Park in Changwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-275) NC (+220)

Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (13-12, 5th in KBO) head to Changwon NC Park on Friday, April 25, 2025, where they'll meet the NC Dinos (8-13, 9th in KBO). The Lions open this matchup at -275 while the Dinos are coming in at +220. The total opens at 8.

The Lions have hit 42 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 29 balls out of the park. Samsung is slugging .425 and have been rung up 207 times, while being walked on 95 occasions. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.6 runs per outing, which has them at 2nd in baseball. They have 126 RBI's in addition to 231 hits for the season, while their batting average is at .268. They have accumulated 139 runs while holding a team OBP of .348.

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Jae Hyeon Lee is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Lee has an average at the plate of .250 for his career, in addition to 177 scored runs and an OPS of .727. He has struck out 241 times and has been walked on 137 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .336 OBP. In his career, Lee has slapped 37 baseballs over the fence while driving in 163 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .391 and he has a total of 453 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 1,344 times and has come through with a base hit 290 times.

The Lions have stolen 13 bags and have been thrown out 3 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 18.8%. The Samsung Lions have accounted for 666 putouts on the year, as well as 220 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .989 which has them ranked 2nd in Korean baseball and they have turned 22 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.22 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.35. Lions pitchers have conceded 21 long balls in addition to 108 total runs (6th in baseball). Samsung has given up 215 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 104 earned runs. The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.22 this year (5th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 189 hitters.

The NC Dinos have recorded an OBP of .332 as well as a batting average of .251 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 198 instances (6th in the league) and have a total of 171 base knocks. NC has recorded 18 home runs this season to go along with 90 RBIs. The Dinos hold a team slugging percentage of .390 and they average 4.38 runs per outing (6th in the league). They have put up 31 doubles, while walking 75 times as well as putting up 92 runs.

Hui Dong Kwon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for NC. Over the course of the 3,271 official at-bats in his baseball career, Kwon has earned a batting average of .267 in addition to having 872 base knocks. He has hit a home run 102 times, as well as 1,343 total bases and also a .411 slugging percentage. Kwon has recorded a walk 463 times while being called out on strikes on 598 attempts. He has compiled 470 runs and has 524 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .367 and he holds a career OPS of .778.

The NC Dinos have turned 13 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .974 (8th in KBO). The Dinos have recorded 197 assists, 19 errors and have accumulated 526 putouts this year. Of their 17 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 10 times and been caught 7 times (41.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Dinos have a WHIP of 1.628 with a FIP of 6.57 as a staff for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.32 (146 strikeouts against 111 free passes). They rank 9th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 174. They have allowed 23 dingers and they allow 6.57 runs per 9 innings (9th in KBO). The NC pitching staff have given up 128 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 5.71 (111 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take NC (+220) and under the total runs

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