Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/2/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, May 2, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+110) Samsung (-130)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (18-12, 2nd in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (12-18, 8th in KBO) on Friday, May 2, 2025. The line on this game has the Bears coming in at +110 and the Lions are at -130. The total opens at 8.5.

Doosan is slugging .381 and have struck out 253 times, while getting the free base on 110 occasions. They have accrued 134 RBI's and 267 hits so far this season, while their batting average is .260. The Bears have hit 54 doubles as a unit and have hit 18 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 145 runs scored and hold an OBP of .338. As a team, the Doosan Bears are compiling 4.8 runs per outing, which puts them at 4th in KBO.

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Seung Ho Kang is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. In his career, Kang has hit 50 balls out of the park while driving in 286 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 2,326 times and has reached base with a base knock 544 times. Kang has hit .257 for his career, with 300 scored runs and an OPS of .712. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .402 in addition to having tallied 852 bases. He has struck out 581 times and has taken a walk on 131 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .305 on-base %.

The Bears have stolen 21 bases and have been caught 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 34.4%. The Doosan Bears have a total of 792 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 263 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which has them sitting 6th in KBO and they have turned 24 double plays.

The Bears are sitting with a team ERA of 4.43 over the course of the season (6th in the league), and the staff has struck out 227 batters. Bears pitchers have relinquished 17 home runs and 149 total runs (5th in baseball). Doosan has yielded 262 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 130 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.92 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.44.

The Lions have a team SLG% of .459 and they score 6.19 runs per outing (1st in KBO). They hit 54 two-baggers, while taking a walk 131 times and putting up 192 runs. Samsung has accounted for 42 home runs on the campaign as well as 175 RBIs. They have struck out on 251 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have recorded 311 hits. The Samsung Lions have earned a team OBP of .367 and a batting average of .286 for the year.

Jae Hyeon Lee is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Lee has drawn a free base 143 times while fanning on 247 chances. His on-base rate is .339 and he also has a career OPS of .729. During the 1,181 at-bats in his baseball career, Lee has accrued an average at the plate of .251 with 297 hits. He has scored 180 runs in addition to having earned 167 runs batted in. He has gone deep 37 times, with 461 total bases and also a .390 slugging percentage.

In their 24 attempts at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 20 times and been caught 4 times (16.7% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 26 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have recorded 279 assists, 16 errors and have accumulated 834 putouts during this campaign.

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.302 and have a FIP of 4.24 as a unit on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.27 (232 strikeouts vs 102 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 5th in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 260. They have surrendered 27 long balls and they surrender 4.24 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 131 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.05 (125 earned runs given up).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan (+110)

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