Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/3/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (12-18, 8th in KBO) travel to Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, May 3, 2025, where they'll take on the Samsung Lions (18-12, 2nd in KBO). The Bears open this game at +125 while the Lions are coming in at -150. The O/U has been set at 9.

Doosan has a slugging rate of .381 and have struck out 253 times, while getting the free base on 110 occasions. They have tallied 134 runs batted in in addition to 267 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .260. The Bears have hit 54 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 18 balls out of the park. They have tallied 145 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .338. As a team, the Doosan Bears are compiling 4.8 runs per contest, 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 a batting average of .280 for his time in baseball, in addition to 935 scored runs and an OPS of .725. He has struck out 789 times and has gotten a free base on 560 occasions, contributing to a .354 on-base percentage. In his pro baseball career, Jung has hit 37 baseballs over the fence while driving in 552 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .371 in addition to racking up 1,998 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 6,202 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,508 times.

The Bears have stolen 21 bases and have been thrown out 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 34.4%. The Doosan Bears have 792 putouts so far this season, as well as 263 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which is 6th in KBO and they have turned 24 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.92 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.44. Bears pitchers have relinquished 17 home runs and also 149 total runs (5th in baseball). Doosan has surrendered 262 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 130 earned runs. The Bears have compiled a team earned run average of 4.43 so far this season (6th in the league), and their staff has rung up 227 batters.

The Samsung Lions are sitting with a team OBP of .367 as well as a batting average of .286 on the year. They have been called out on strikes on 251 instances (3rd in KBO) and have 311 base knocks. Samsung has tallied 42 long balls for the season to go along with 175 runs batted in. The Lions have a SLG% of .459 and they are earning 6.19 runs per game (1st in baseball). The have tallied 54 doubles, while getting a free base 131 times and scoring 192 runs.

Young Woong Kim is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Kim has drawn a walk 61 times while striking out on 226 attempts. He has accrued 91 runs and has 113 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .306 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .760. He has hit a home run 36 times, in addition to having 306 total bases and a .454 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 674 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has recorded a batting average of .243 with 164 base knocks.

In their 24 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 20 times and been caught 4 times (16.7% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 26 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (2nd in the league). The Lions have racked up 279 assists, 16 errors and have earned a total of 834 putouts on the season.

The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.302 and have a FIP of 4.24 as a pitching staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.27 (232 strikeouts against 102 bases on balls). They are sitting at 5th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 260. They have relinquished 27 long balls and they concede 4.24 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 131 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.05 (125 earned runs yielded).

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

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

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