Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/24/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+110) Samsung (-130)

Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (23-25, 7th in KBO) host the Kia Tigers (22-24, 8th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, May 24, 2025. The odds on this game have the Tigers coming in at +110 and the Lions are at -130. The over/under opens at 9.

The Tigers have earned 94 doubles as a team and have hit 36 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging rate of .379 and have struck out 339 times, while taking a walk on 197 occasions. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which is 6th in KBO. They have amassed 195 RBI's in addition to 378 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average sits at .246. They have accounted for 208 runs while having a team OBP of .334.

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Chan-Ho Park is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In his career, Park has hit 19 balls out of the park while knocking in 322 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 3,588 times and has notched a base hit 841 times. Park has accrued an average at the plate of .263 for his career, in addition to 460 scored runs and an OPS of .652. His slugging percentage is .328 and he has a total of 1,050 bases. He has been struck out 483 times and has been walked on 296 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .324 on-base percentage.

The Tigers have stolen 43 bases and have been caught 13 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 23.2%. The Kia Tigers have a total of 1,212 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 456 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .980 which is 5th in the league and they have turned 33 double plays.

They have a K/BB ratio of 1.96 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.48. Tigers pitchers have given up 29 home runs in addition to 225 runs in total (5th in KBO). Kia has relinquished 420 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 201 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team ERA of 4.48 over the course of the season (7th in the league), and their staff has struck out 345 hitters.

Samsung has recorded 56 home runs so far this year and 248 runs batted in. They have hit 82 doubles, while taking a walk 202 times as well as putting up 270 runs. The Samsung Lions have compiled an on-base percentage of .354 and a team batting average of .270 for the season. The Lions have a team slugging % of .427 and they tally 5.51 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 394 instances (4th in KBO) and are sitting with 450 hits.

Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has drawn a walk 504 times while striking out on 942 occasions. He has accrued 917 runs and also has 818 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .384 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .895. He has gone yard 175 times, as well as 2,493 bases in total and also a .511 slugging percentage. For the 4,874 at-bats in his career, Koo has accumulated a batting average of .316 in addition to having 1,542 hits.

Out of their 44 attempts at getting a steal, they got to the bag before the ball 33 times and been caught 11 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 36 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Lions have accrued 446 assists, 25 errors and have earned 1,305 putouts on the campaign.

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.345 and have a FIP of 4.49 as a pitching staff so far this season. They are sitting at 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 425. The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 217 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.24 (205 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.27 (363 strikeouts vs 160 walks). They have surrendered 40 homers and they concede 4.49 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung (-130)

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