Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 6/17/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+132) Samsung (-160)

Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (36-32, 5th in KBO) play the Doosan Bears (27-39, 9th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The odds on this game have the Bears priced at +132 and the Lions are at -160. The total has been set at 9.

As a unit, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.2 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 8th in the league. They have accounted for 289 runs and hold an OBP of .328. The Bears have accumulated 106 doubles as a team and have knocked 44 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 264 runs batted in and 603 hits for the season, while their team batting average sits at .255. Doosan has a slugging percentage of .366 and have been called out on strikes 562 times, while getting the free base on 234 occasions.

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Suk Hwan Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has recorded a batting average of .262 in his time in baseball, with 490 scored runs and an OPS of .764. He has been struck out 880 times and has been walked on 280 at-bats, which has contributed to a .318 OBP. For his pro baseball career, Yang has hit 162 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 629 runs. His career slugging percentage is .446 and he has accumulated 1,678 bases. For his time in the league, he approached the plate 4,145 times and has delivered a hit 985 times.

The Bears have stolen 48 bags and have been thrown out 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 30.4%. The Doosan Bears have earned 1,831 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 629 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .978 which has them ranked 8th in the league and have 54 double plays.

They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.02 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.34. Bears pitchers have conceded 47 home runs in addition to 323 runs (4th in the league). Doosan has yielded 573 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) as well as 286 earned runs. The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.22 over the course of the season (6th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 500 batters.

Samsung has recorded 74 HRs on the campaign in addition to 332 runs batted in. They hit 109 two-baggers, while walking 264 times and earning 362 runs. The Samsung Lions have a team on-base percentage of .347 in addition to a team batting average of .266 so far this season. The Lions have a SLG% of .414 and they score 5.25 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 550 occasions (4th in baseball) and have accounted for 623 hits.

Jae Hyeon Lee is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Lee has drawn a walk 155 times while being called out on strikes on 275 attempts. He has accumulated 195 runs in addition to having 183 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .333 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .715. He has gone yard 40 times, as well as 495 total bases and a .382 slugging %. Over the course of the 1,295 official at-bats in his baseball career, Lee has recorded a batting average of .246 with 319 hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 52 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Lions have 644 assists, 37 errors and have accounted for 1,836 putouts so far this season. Of their 57 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 45 times and been caught 12 times (21.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Samsung pitching staff have given up 303 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.12 (280 earned runs given up). They have given up 60 dingers and they relinquish 4.46 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.348 with a FIP of 4.46 as a team this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.47 (521 strikeouts against 211 free passes). They come in at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 614.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung (-160) and under the total runs

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