Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 9/2/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Location: Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+172) Hanwha (-210)

Hyun Bin Moon and the Hanwha Eagles (70-48, 2nd in KBO) play the Kia Tigers (56-59, 8th in KBO) at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. The Eagles open this game at -210 while the Tigers are priced at +172. The O/U opens at 8.5.

The Tigers have earned 204 doubles as a team and have knocked 122 balls out of the stadium. Kia is slugging .406 and have been called out on strikes 969 times, while being walked on 453 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 4.8 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 4th in baseball. They have accrued 537 runs batted in as well as 1,079 hits on the campaign, and their average at the plate is at .262. They are sitting with 576 runs scored and have an OBP of .340.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. In his pro baseball career, Choi has hit 415 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 1,724 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .530 in addition to earning 4,391 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 9,706 times and came through with a base base knock 2,566 times. He has struck out 1,492 times and earned a walk on 1,194 at-bats, which has contributed to a .400 on-base percentage. Choi has recorded a batting average of .310 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,356 scored runs and an OPS of .930.

The Tigers have swiped 95 bases and have been caught 33 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.8%. The Kia Tigers have a tally of 3,168 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,193 assists and 102 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .977 which has them sitting 9th in Korean baseball and have 106 double plays.

The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 4.50 this year (8th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 868 batters. Tigers pitchers have yielded 88 home runs and 588 runs in total (4th in the league). Kia has given up 1,082 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and also 528 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.07 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.42.

Hanwha has 99 home runs so far this season and 511 RBIs. They have hit 207 doubles, while taking a walk 359 times and notching 549 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have recorded a team on-base percentage of .329 as well as a batting average of .261 on the season. The Eagles have a slugging percentage of .391 and they are scoring 4.54 runs per game (6th in the league). They have been rung up on 884 occasions (7th in baseball) and have recorded 1,063 base knocks.

Hyun Bin Moon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Moon has recorded a free base 90 times while going down on strikes on 210 attempts. His OBP comes in at .345 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .758. During the 1,139 official at-bats in his professional career, Moon has earned a batting average of .289 in addition to 329 base knocks. He is sitting with 133 runs in addition to having 163 runs batted in. He has gone yard 22 times, as well as 470 bases in total and a .413 slugging percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 83 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .983 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have racked up 1,117 assists, 77 errors and have a total of 3,248 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 114 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 81 times and been caught 33 times (28.9% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.267 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.80 as a unit on the season. They have a ranking of 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 987. The Hanwha pitching staff have relinquished 457 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 3.44 (414 earned runs yielded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.92 (1,123 strikeouts vs 384 walks). They have allowed 82 homers and they allow 3.80 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (+172)

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