Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/17/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-122) Doosan (+102)

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (45-59, 9th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (51-50, 5th in KBO) on Sunday, August 17, 2025. The Tigers open this game at -122 while the Bears are coming in at +102. The O/U is set at 8.5.

As a unit, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 4th in the league. They have accounted for 500 runs scored and have an OBP of .338. The Tigers have accumulated 186 doubles as a team and have hit 99 balls out of the stadium. They have accrued 466 runs batted in and 936 base knocks over the course of the season, while their team batting average is .259. Kia has a slugging rate of .399 and have been called out on strikes 853 times, while being walked on 400 occasions.

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Patrick Wisdom is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Wisdom has hit 276 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 871 runs. For his career, he came to the plate 5,970 times and got on base with a base hit 1,274 times. Wisdom has accumulated a batting average of .241 for his baseball career, in addition to 797 runs scored and an OPS of .782. His slugging percentage sits at .461 and he has totaled 2,435 bases. He has gone down on strikes 1,690 times and has gotten a free base on 581 occasions, contributing to a .321 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have amassed 2,788 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,051 assists and 90 errors. Their fielding rate is at .977 which is 7th in KBO and have a total of 96 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 85 bags and have been caught 30 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 26.1%.

The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 4.39 this year (7th in the league), and they have rung up 768 batters. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 72 home runs in addition to 504 total runs (4th in the league). Kia has surrendered 941 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 453 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.06 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41.

Doosan has accounted for 79 home runs for the season as well as 443 RBIs. They have 166 doubles, while getting a free base 361 times as well as earning 483 runs. The Doosan Bears have tallied an on-base percentage of .331 and a batting average of .260 over the course of the season. The Bears have a team slugging percentage of .381 and they are recording 4.43 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 872 occasions (2nd in the league) and have accounted for 975 base knocks.

Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should impact this game for Doosan. Jung has earned a walk 596 times while fanning on 821 tries. He has accrued 989 runs and also has 574 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .354 and he also has a career OPS of .725. He has hit a home run 42 times, with 2,097 total bases and also a .371 slugging %. For the 5,655 official at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has earned a batting average of .279 with 1,580 hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 92 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .976 (9th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 1,047 assists, 95 errors and have notched a total of 2,899 putouts during this campaign. Of their 111 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 78 times and been caught 33 times (29.7% caught stealing rate).

The Doosan pitching staff have given up 501 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.13 (443 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 77 home runs and they relinquish 4.67 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.379 and have a FIP of 4.67 as a pitching staff on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.90 (770 strikeouts vs 406 free passes). They rank 6th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 926.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia (-122)

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