Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 6/8/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers

Date: Sunday, June 8, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (-144) Kia (+120)

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (29-29, 7th in KBO) play the Hanwha Eagles (36-25, 2nd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Sunday, June 8, 2025. The Tigers open this contest at +120 while the Eagles are priced at -144. The over/under opens at 8.5.

The Eagles have accrued 100 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 47 balls out of the stadium. Hanwha has a slugging percentage of .374 and have been called out on strikes 472 times, while drawing a walk on 187 occasions. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which has them at 6th in baseball. They have 249 runs batted in in addition to 505 hits so far this year, while their batting average comes in at .247. They have earned a total of 267 runs and have an on-base percentage of .319.

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Estevan Florial is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. For his career, Florial has slapped 124 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 482 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to the plate 4,090 times and has delivered with a hit 920 times. Florial has recorded a batting average of .258 for his career in baseball, with 615 scored runs and an OPS of .785. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .439 in addition to racking up 1,562 bases. He has struck out 1,199 times and earned a walk on 468 occasions, contributing to a .346 OBP.

The Hanwha Eagles have earned 1,635 putouts on the year, as well as 580 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding rate is at .985 which has them ranked 2nd in the league and have accumulated 37 double plays. The Eagles have stolen 37 bases and have been caught 13 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 26.0%.

The Eagles hold a team earned run average of 3.57 on the campaign (4th in KBO), and they have rung up 543 hitters. Hanwha has relinquished 484 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and also 216 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.77 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.25. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 43 home runs and 233 runs (9th in the league).

Kia has compiled 51 home runs for the year in addition to 259 runs batted in. They have recorded 118 doubles, while taking a walk 239 times and scoring 279 runs. The Kia Tigers have tallied an OBP of .336 as well as a batting average of .254 on the year. The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .392 and they average 4.73 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have been rung up on 451 instances (6th in baseball) and have earned 513 hits.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. Over the course of the 8,076 at-bats in his career, Choi has accumulated a batting average of .311 with 2,509 hits. He has hit it out of the park 405 times, with 4,295 total bases and a .532 slugging percentage. Choi has tallied a walk 1,162 times while fanning on 1,438 occasions. He has scored 1,324 runs in addition to having earned 1,688 RBIs. His OBP is .401 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .933.

The Kia Tigers have turned 48 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .978 (6th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 576 assists, 47 errors and have amassed 1,559 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 66 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 52 times and been caught 14 times (21.2% caught stealing rate).

The Kia pitching staff have given up 279 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.32 (249 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 36 dingers and they allow 4.83 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.450 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.83 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.01 (446 strikeouts against 222 free passes). They are currently ranked 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 531.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (+120)

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