Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 9/16/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers
Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea
TV: KN-T
Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (-145) Kia (+125)
Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (61-66, 8th in KBO) host the Hanwha Eagles (76-53, 2nd in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. The Eagles open this contest at -145 while the Tigers are coming in at +125. The over/under opens at 9.
As a squad, the Hanwha Eagles are scoring 4.8 runs/g, which is 4th in KBO. They have earned a total of 634 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .336. The Eagles have earned 232 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 109 balls out of the park. They have recorded 590 runs batted in in addition to 1,193 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .266. Hanwha is slugging .398 and have struck out 951 times, while taking a walk on 410 occasions.
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Hyun Bin Moon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Moon has compiled an average at the plate of .294 in his time in baseball, with 142 scored runs and an OPS of .765. He has been struck out 213 times and has walked on 92 at-bats, contributing to a .349 on-base percentage. In his career, Moon has hit 22 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 171 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .416 and he has accumulated 490 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 1,318 times and has delivered with a base knock 346 times.
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The Eagles have swiped 89 bags and have been thrown out 36 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.8%. The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 3,545 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,222 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .983 which is 2nd in KBO and they have turned 92 double plays.
Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.92 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. Eagles pitchers have given up 89 home runs and also 506 runs in total (10th in baseball). Hanwha has conceded 1,092 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 463 earned runs. The Eagles are sitting with a team ERA of 3.53 on the year (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,219 batters.
The Tigers have a SLG% of .406 and they are earning 4.77 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They hit 222 doubles, while walking 490 times and scoring 625 runs. Kia has 134 long balls on the year to go along with 581 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,076 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,182 base knocks. The Kia Tigers have earned a team OBP of .340 as well as a batting average of .261 this season.
Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Choi has drawn a walk 1,196 times while being called out on strikes on 1,495 chances. His on-base percentage comes in at .400 and he has a lifetime OPS of .930. Over the course of the 8,319 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has hit .310 with 2,576 base knocks. He is sitting with 1,360 runs and has 1,733 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 418 times, with 4,411 bases in total and a .530 slugging percentage.
The Kia Tigers have turned 117 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .978 (8th in KBO). The Tigers have racked up 1,314 assists, 109 errors and are sitting with 3,479 putouts so far this season. Of their 141 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 103 times and been caught 38 times (27.0% caught stealing rate).
The Kia pitching staff have relinquished 658 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.63 (596 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 97 dingers and they concede 5.11 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.437 in addition to having a FIP of 5.11 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.03 (960 strikeouts vs 472 bases on balls). They sit at 4th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,194.
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha (-145)
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