Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/9/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+106) Lotte (-128)

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (5-7, 7th in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (4-8, 9th in KBO) on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. The Tigers open this matchup at +106 while the Giants are coming in at -128. The O/U opens at 9.

Kia is slugging .417 and have been rung up 93 times, while getting the free base on 53 occasions. They have earned 56 RBI's and 101 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate is at .249. The Tigers have tallied 26 doubles as a squad and have knocked 14 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 56 runs and have an on-base percentage of .337. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are earning 4.7 runs per outing, which ranks them 6th in baseball.

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Sun Bin Kim is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 41 baseballs out of the park while driving in 627 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he came to bat 6,226 times and has reached base with a base hit 1,656 times. Kim has earned a batting average of .306 for his career, with 743 runs scored and an OPS of .758. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .382 and he has accumulated 2,068 bases. He has fanned 530 times and earned a walk on 588 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .376 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have stolen 12 bases and have been gunned down 4 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.0%. The Kia Tigers have earned 312 putouts for the season, as well as 115 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .977 which has them sitting 6th in KBO and have a total of 8 double plays.

The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.67 this year (6th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 90 batters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 4 long balls and also 68 total runs (4th in baseball). Kia has yielded 106 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 54 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.84 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.49.

The Giants have a team slugging % of .340 and they are earning 3.69 runs per contest (8th in the league). They have 21 doubles, while taking a walk 47 times as well as putting up 48 runs. Lotte has 6 home runs this season as well as 47 RBIs. They have struck out on 105 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have earned a total of 105 base hits. The Lotte Giants have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .323 and a batting average of .241 for the year.

Victor Reyes is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has drawn a free base 348 times while striking out on 975 tries. He has tallied 722 runs and racked up 675 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .340 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .753. He has homered 82 times, with 2,124 bases in total and also a .413 slugging percentage. In the 5,137 official at-bats in his pro career, Reyes has accrued an average at the plate of .295 with 1,517 hits.

The Lotte Giants have turned 9 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .974 (8th in KBO). The Giants have racked up 132 assists, 13 errors and have 351 putouts for the season. In their 11 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 8 times and been caught 3 times (27.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.590 in addition to having a FIP of 5.69 as a squad so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 1.93 (106 strikeouts vs 55 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 131. They have given up 12 home runs and they yield 5.69 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 74 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 5.00 (65 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (-128)

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