SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/9/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (-152) Samsung (+126)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (8-5, 3rd in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (7-3, 2nd in KBO) on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The Lions open this matchup at +126 while the Landers are priced at -152. The over/under opens at 8.

As a team, the SSG Landers are notching 3.7 runs/g, which has them sitting at 7th in KBO. They have earned a total of 37 runs and have an on-base percentage of .323. The Landers have earned 6 doubles as a unit and have hit 6 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 37 runs batted in as well as 75 hits this year, while their batting average is .232. SSG owns a slugging percentage of .312 and have been rung up 76 times, while taking a walk on 41 occasions.

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Guillermo Heredia is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Heredia has a batting average of .281 for his career in baseball, with 661 runs scored and an OPS of .768. He has gone down on strikes 701 times and has been walked on 407 occasions, which has contributed to a .358 OBP. In his career, Heredia has hit 92 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 503 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .410 and he has accumulated 1,702 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 4,761 times and has come through with a base hit 1,168 times.

The Landers have swiped 5 bases and have been thrown out 0 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 0.0%. The SSG Landers have notched a total of 276 putouts this season, as well as 96 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .969 which puts them in 9th in the league and have a total of 15 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.00 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.34. Landers pitchers have given up 4 long balls and 29 total runs (9th in the league). SSG has allowed 80 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and also 25 earned runs. The Landers have compiled a team ERA of 2.45 over the course of the season (2nd in KBO), and their staff has rung up 86 hitters.

Samsung has accumulated 18 long balls so far this year to go along with 82 runs batted in. They have recorded 24 doubles, while getting a free base 55 times and scoring 91 runs. The Samsung Lions have a team OBP of .364 and a batting average of .280 this year. The Lions hold a team slugging percentage of .463 and they tally 7.00 runs per game (2nd in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 92 occasions (6th in the league) and are sitting with 125 hits.

Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For the 4,751 at-bats in his pro career, Koo has an average at the plate of .317 in addition to having 1,504 hits. He has hit a home run 169 times, with 2,425 bases in total and also a .510 slugging percentage. Koo has tallied a free base 484 times while striking out on 918 attempts. He is sitting with 889 runs in addition to having 797 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .383 and he has a career OPS of .894.

The Samsung Lions have turned 11 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (3rd in KBO). The Lions have recorded 98 assists, 7 errors and are sitting with 345 putouts this season. In their 5 chances at stealing a base, 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 with a FIP of 4.23 as a team this season. They have a ranking of 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 98. The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 54 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 3.99 (51 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.74 (107 strikeouts vs 39 walks). They have given up 10 long balls and they give up 4.23 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG (-152)

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