SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/12/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (-210) Kia (+172)

Sun Bin Kim and the Kia Tigers (5-8, 7th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (7-4, 3rd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday, April 12, 2025. The Tigers open this contest at +172 while the Landers are priced at -210. The O/U is set at 8.

As a unit, the SSG Landers are knocking in 3.6 runs per outing, which has them at 8th in the league. They have earned a total of 40 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .322. The Landers have accumulated 6 doubles as a unit and have hit 7 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 40 RBI's as well as 82 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average is at .230. SSG has a slugging rate of .311 and have been called out on strikes 87 times, while drawing a walk on 46 occasions.

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Guillermo Heredia is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. In his career, Heredia has hit 92 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 503 runs. His slugging percentage is .410 in addition to having tallied 1,705 bases. For his time in baseball, he approached the plate 4,765 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,171 times. He has gone down on strikes 701 times and has walked on 407 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .358 on-base %. Heredia has accrued an average at the plate of .282 for his time in baseball, with 661 scored runs and an OPS of .768.

The SSG Landers have amassed 300 putouts on the year, in addition to 104 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .971 which ranks 8th in Korean baseball and have a total of 15 double plays. The Landers have stolen 5 bags and have been caught 0 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 0.0%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.13 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.36. Landers pitchers have allowed 5 home runs in addition to 36 total runs (9th in baseball). SSG has given up 91 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) and 32 earned runs. The Landers have an earned run average of 2.88 this year (3rd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 96 hitters.

Kia has hit 14 home runs this year to go along with 61 RBIs. The have tallied 27 two-baggers, while getting a free base 58 times as well as notching 61 runs. The Kia Tigers have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .335 and a team batting average of .247 so far this year. The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .403 and they have an average of 4.69 runs per outing (6th in the league). They have been rung up on 101 instances (6th in the league) and have a total of 109 hits.

Sun Bin Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For the 5,417 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .306 in addition to 1,656 hits. He has gone yard 41 times, with 2,068 total bases and a .382 slugging percentage. Kim has earned a free base 588 times while being called out on strikes on 530 chances. He has compiled 743 runs and has 627 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .376 and he has a career OPS of .758.

The Kia Tigers have turned 9 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .977 (7th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have accrued 123 assists, 11 errors and have notched a total of 339 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 18 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 13 times and been caught 5 times (27.8% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.496 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.73 as a team on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.92 (98 strikeouts vs 51 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 118. They have allowed 4 home runs and they concede 5.73 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Kia pitching staff have given up 72 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.54 (57 earned runs relinquished).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG (-210)

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