SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/8/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (-132) Samsung (+110)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (8-5, 3rd in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (7-3, 2nd in KBO) on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. The Lions open this contest at +110 while the Landers are coming in at -132. The over/under is set at 8.

As a team, the SSG Landers are earning 3.7 runs per contest, which puts them at 7th in KBO. They have a total of 37 runs and have an OBP of .323. The Landers have earned 6 doubles as a squad and have hit 6 balls out of the park. They have amassed 37 runs batted in as well as 75 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is .232. SSG has a slugging rate of .312 and have been called out on strikes 76 times, while getting the free base on 41 occasions.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Choi has earned a batting average of .275 for his time in baseball, with 393 runs scored and an OPS of .719. He has been struck out 354 times and has gotten a free base on 220 occasions, contributing to a .338 on-base percentage. In his professional baseball career, Choi has hit 30 baseballs over the fence while driving in 217 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .381 and he has accumulated 944 bases. For his time in baseball, he approached the plate 2,785 times and also came through with a base hit 682 times.

The SSG Landers have 276 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 96 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .969 which is 9th in KBO and have accumulated 15 double plays. The Landers have stolen 5 bags and have been caught 0 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 0.0%.

The Landers have an ERA of 2.45 on the year (2nd in KBO), and the staff has struck out 86 hitters. Landers pitchers have allowed 4 home runs and 29 runs in total (9th in KBO). SSG has yielded 80 base knocks (7.8 per 9 innings) as well as 25 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.34.

Samsung has a total of 18 long balls on the season in addition to 82 RBIs. They hit 24 two-baggers, while taking a walk 55 times as well as scoring 91 runs. The Samsung Lions have compiled an OBP of .364 in addition to a team batting average of .280 for the year. The Lions have a team SLG% of .463 and they are recording 7.00 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have been rung up on 92 instances (6th in baseball) and have earned 125 hits.

Young Woong Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Kim has recorded a walk 56 times while going down on strikes on 200 occasions. His OBP comes in at .310 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .771. For the 612 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has hit .247 with 151 base hits. He has amassed 85 runs and also has 104 RBIs. He has gone yard 34 times, with 282 bases in total and a .461 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 11 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (3rd in the league). The Lions have 98 assists, 7 errors and are sitting with 345 putouts so far this season. In their 5 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 4 times and been caught 1 time (20.0% caught stealing rate).

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.191 in addition to having a FIP of 4.23 as a staff this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.74 (107 strikeouts vs 39 free passes). They are currently ranked 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 98. They have yielded 10 long balls and they yield 4.23 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 54 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.99 (51 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG (-132)

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