Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/24/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Doosan Bears vs Kiwoom Heroes
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea
TV: TVING
Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (-145) Kiwoom (+125)
Seung Ho Kang and the Doosan Bears (9-14, 9th in KBO) travel to Gocheok Sky Dome on Thursday, April 24, 2025, where they'll take on the Kiwoom Heroes (9-17, 10th in KBO). The Heroes open this matchup at +125 while the Bears are coming in at -145. The O/U is set at 8.
Doosan is slugging .378 and have been called out on strikes 205 times, while getting the free base on 80 occasions. They have tallied 94 RBI's and 205 hits so far this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .260. The Bears have tallied 42 doubles as a squad and have hit 13 balls out of the park. They have racked up 104 runs while holding a team OBP of .332. As a team, the Doosan Bears are recording 4.5 runs per outing, which puts them at 5th in baseball.
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Seung Ho Kang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Kang has recorded a batting average of .258 in his time in baseball, in addition to 295 scored runs and an OPS of .722. He has struck out 571 times and has been walked on 128 at-bats, which has contributed to a .306 OBP. For his career, Kang has slapped 50 balls over the fence while driving in 284 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .405 in addition to having tallied 848 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 2,297 times and got on base with a hit 541 times.
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The Bears have swiped 19 bags and have been thrown out 9 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 32.1%. The Doosan Bears have accounted for 603 putouts this season, in addition to 200 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which is 5th in KBO and they have turned 18 double plays.
They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.95 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Bears pitchers have relinquished 13 long balls in addition to 114 total runs (5th in KBO). Doosan has allowed 202 base knocks (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 102 earned runs. The Bears are sitting with a team ERA of 4.57 for the year (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 179 hitters.
The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated an on-base percentage of .321 in addition to a team batting average of .247 so far this season. They have struck out on 232 occasions (1st in the league) and have 217 base hits. Kiwoom has 19 home runs over the course of the season in addition to 98 runs batted in. The Heroes hold a team SLG% of .364 and they are recording 4.15 runs per contest (8th in baseball). They have recorded 41 doubles, while walking 85 times and putting up 108 runs.
Yasiel Puig is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Puig has drawn a free base 576 times while being called out on strikes on 1,121 attempts. His on-base percentage sits at .365 and he has earned a career OPS of .857. For the 5,215 official at-bats in his career, Puig has recorded a batting average of .285 with 1,484 base hits. He has compiled 844 runs and also has 785 runs batted in. He has gone deep 243 times, in addition to having 2,566 total bases and a .492 slugging percentage.
Out of their 26 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 17 times and been caught 9 times (34.6% caught stealing percentage). The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 19 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .971 (10th in KBO). The Heroes have accrued 233 assists, 27 errors and have a tally of 672 putouts for the year.
The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.759 and have a FIP of 6.91 as a pitching staff this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.65 (183 strikeouts vs 111 bases on balls). They are sitting at 1st in KBO as a staff in total hits relinquished with 283. They have yielded 30 homers and they concede 6.91 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Kiwoom pitching staff have relinquished 172 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 5.63 (140 earned runs conceded).
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+125) and under the total runs
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