Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/16/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Kia Tigers

Date: Friday, May 16, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+125) Kia (-150)

Patrick Wisdom and the Kia Tigers (18-22, 9th in KBO) host the Doosan Bears (18-22, 8th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Friday, May 16, 2025. The Tigers open this matchup at -150 while the Bears are priced at +125. The total opens at 8.

Doosan has a slugging % of .374 and have been called out on strikes 338 times, while taking a walk on 151 occasions. They have earned 186 runs batted in in addition to 378 hits so far this season, and their average at the plate is at .260. The Bears have compiled 72 doubles as a team and have smacked 25 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 202 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .336. As a team, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.8 runs per game, which is 4th in baseball.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Jung has accumulated a batting average of .280 in his time in baseball, in addition to 943 runs scored and an OPS of .725. He has been struck out 793 times and has gotten a free base on 566 occasions, contributing to a .354 on-base percentage. For his career, Jung has hit 38 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 558 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .371 in addition to racking up 2,014 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 6,257 times and has delivered a base hit 1,519 times.

The Doosan Bears have 1,125 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 383 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which ranks 6th in the league and they have turned 36 double plays. The Bears have stolen 28 bases and have been gunned down 15 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 34.9%.

The Bears have compiled a team ERA of 4.27 on the year (5th in KBO), and they have rung up 314 batters. Bears pitchers have relinquished 30 home runs and 200 runs in total (5th in baseball). Doosan has yielded 357 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 178 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.04 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.36.

The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .372 and they have an average of 4.58 runs per contest (6th in KBO). They hit 79 doubles, while taking a walk 179 times and putting up 183 runs. Kia has a total of 31 HRs so far this year to go along with 172 runs batted in. They have struck out on 301 instances (8th in KBO) and have accounted for 321 hits. The Kia Tigers have accumulated an on-base percentage of .333 in addition to a batting average of .240 so far this season.

Patrick Wisdom is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Wisdom has tallied a walk 561 times while being called out on strikes on 1,628 plate appearances. His on-base percentage is .320 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .777. During the 5,076 at-bats in his career, Wisdom has a batting average of .241 and has racked up 1,221 hits. He has a total of 760 runs and also has 832 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 259 times, as well as 2,321 total bases and also a .457 slugging percentage.

In their 49 chances at getting a steal, they have been successful 38 times and been caught 11 times (22.4% caught stealing percentage). The Kia Tigers have turned 31 double plays and have a fielding rate of .981 (5th in KBO). The Tigers have 404 assists, 28 errors and have a tally of 1,053 putouts for the year.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.496 with a FIP of 5.23 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They rank 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 367. The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 204 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.64 (181 earned runs given up). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.86 (294 strikeouts vs 158 walks). They have surrendered 24 home runs and they relinquish 5.23 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (-150)

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