Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/25/2023 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, May 25, 2023

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC Sports+

Eun-won Jung and the Hanwha Eagles (14-24, 9th in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (18-19, 6th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

As a squad, the Kia Tigers are putting up 4.2 runs per contest, which has them at 8th in KBO. They have 155 runs scored while having a team OBP of .328. The Tigers have compiled 43 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 20 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 142 runs batted in in addition to 328 base knocks this season, while their team batting average sits at .260. Kia owns a slugging percentage of .348 and have struck out 295 times, while taking a walk on 121 occasions.

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Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. In his professional baseball career, Park has hit 10 balls out of the park while driving in 205 runs. For his time in the league, he stepped up to bat 2,478 times and has delivered with a base knock 544 times. Park has hit .245 for his time in baseball, in addition to 299 runs scored and an OPS of .606. His slugging percentage is .301 in addition to having tallied 668 bases. He has struck out 388 times and has walked on 195 occasions, which contributes in part to a .305 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have accounted for 982 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 334 assists and 27 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which ranks 5th in KBO and have a total of 41 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 27 bags and have been gunned down 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 25.0%.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.61 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.42. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 18 home runs and also 149 total runs (10th in the league). Kia has surrendered 300 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 129 earned runs. The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.55 for the season (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 265 hitters.

Hanwha has accounted for 21 HRs so far this season in addition to 138 RBIs. They have hit 60 doubles, while taking a walk 147 times and racking up 146 runs. The Hanwha Eagles are sitting with an on-base percentage of .306 and a batting average of .224 on the campaign. The Eagles have a slugging percentage of .314 and they earn 3.56 runs per game (10th in the league). They have been rung up on 356 occasions (1st in KBO) and have earned 312 base hits.

Eun-won Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Jung has tallied a walk 320 times while striking out on 427 attempts. His on-base percentage is .359 and he holds a career OPS of .720. During the 2,170 at-bats in his pro career, Jung has earned a batting average of .265 in addition to having 574 base knocks. He has compiled 313 runs in addition to having 200 RBIs. He has gone yard 29 times, as well as 783 bases in total and a .361 slugging %.

Of their 49 attempts at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 28 times and been caught 21 times (42.9% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have twisted 40 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .981 (3rd in KBO). The Eagles have recorded 423 assists, 30 errors and have amassed 1,121 putouts this season.

The Hanwha pitching staff have relinquished 173 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.83 (159 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 26 home runs and they allow 4.17 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.375 in addition to having a FIP of 4.17 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.85 (307 strikeouts vs 166 walks). They come in at 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 347.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia

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