Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz Prediction, 6/1/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs KT Wiz

Date: Sunday, June 1, 2025

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (26-26, 7th in KBO) are headed to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Sunday, June 1, 2025, where they'll meet the KT Wiz (27-25, 4th in KBO). The Tigers open this contest at +120 while the Wiz are coming in at -144. The over/under has been set at 8.

Kia is slugging .397 and have struck out 388 times, while getting the free base on 211 occasions. They have accounted for 233 runs batted in and 452 hits for the year, and their team batting average is sitting at .256. The Tigers have compiled 107 doubles as a team and have hit 46 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 249 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .339. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 4th in KBO.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. Choi has accrued an average at the plate of .311 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,321 scored runs and an OPS of .933. He has gone down on strikes 1,435 times and earned a walk on 1,159 occasions, contributing to a .401 on-base percentage. For his pro baseball career, Choi has slapped 405 balls out of the park while driving in 1,688 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .532 and he has totaled 4,289 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 9,434 times and has delivered a base hit 2,504 times.

The Tigers have stolen 43 bags and have been thrown out 14 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 24.6%. The Kia Tigers have notched a total of 1,314 putouts for the season, as well as 492 assists and 39 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .979 which has them ranked 7th in the league and have accumulated 41 double plays.

The Tigers have an ERA of 4.52 this year (7th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 392 batters. Kia has given up 475 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 229 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47. Tigers pitchers have relinquished 33 home runs and 257 runs in total (3rd in KBO).

KT has recorded 32 HRs on the season as well as 200 RBIs. They have 81 two-baggers, while taking a walk 216 times and scoring 216 runs. The KT Wiz hold an OBP of .329 as well as a team batting average of .246 this season. The Wiz hold a slugging percentage of .353 and they earn 3.93 runs per game (9th in baseball). They have struck out on 373 occasions (9th in baseball) and have earned a total of 455 base hits.

Min Hyuck Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. For the 2,370 at-bats in his baseball career, Kim has accrued an average at the plate of .293 with 695 hits. He has homered 10 times, with 834 total bases and also a .352 slugging percentage. Kim has recorded a walk 210 times while fanning on 340 occasions. He is sitting with 336 runs in addition to having earned 208 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .355 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .707.

Of their 67 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 51 times and been caught 16 times (23.9% caught stealing percentage). The KT Wiz have turned 39 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (4th in the league). The Wiz have recorded 538 assists, 30 errors and have notched a total of 1,428 putouts for the year.

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.310 and have a FIP of 3.99 as a unit for the season. They have a ranking of 4th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 472. The KT pitching staff have relinquished 219 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 3.55 (195 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.45 (428 strikeouts against 175 bases on balls). They have given up 41 homers and they surrender 3.99 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia (+120)

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