Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 8/28/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers

Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+132) SSG (-160)

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (59-55, 3rd in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (54-59, 8th in KBO) on Thursday, August 28, 2025. The Landers open this matchup at -160 while the Tigers are priced at +132. The O/U opens at 8.5.

Kia is slugging .407 and have been called out on strikes 942 times, while drawing a walk on 439 occasions. They have 525 runs batted in as well as 1,060 hits for the year, while their team batting average is at .262. The Tigers have accumulated 204 two-baggers as a team and have hit 119 balls out of the park. They have tallied 562 runs scored and hold an OBP of .339. As a squad, the Kia Tigers are compiling 4.8 runs per game, which puts them at 4th in KBO.

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Patrick Wisdom is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his career, Wisdom has hit 280 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 877 runs. For his career, he stepped into the batters box 6,010 times and has come through with a hit 1,280 times. Wisdom has a batting average of .241 for his baseball career, with 801 scored runs and an OPS of .782. His slugging percentage is .462 and he has racked up 2,454 bases. He has fanned 1,703 times and earned a walk on 585 occasions, which has contributed to a .320 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have a total of 3,108 putouts for the season, as well as 1,169 assists and 102 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .977 which ranks 9th in the league and they have turned 103 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 93 bags and have been caught 33 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 26.2%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.08 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.42. Tigers pitchers have given up 86 long balls and 580 total runs (4th in KBO). Kia has conceded 1,067 base knocks (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 520 earned runs. The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.52 on the campaign (8th in the league), and the staff has rung up 849 batters.

The Landers hold a slugging % of .358 and they score 3.99 runs per game (9th in KBO). They have 144 doubles, while taking a walk 418 times as well as recording 471 runs. SSG has accumulated 89 HRs so far this year and 446 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 939 instances (4th in KBO) and have earned 990 hits. The SSG Landers have a team OBP of .325 in addition to a team batting average of .249 on the season.

Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. Choi has drawn a walk 252 times while going down on strikes on 428 tries. His on-base percentage is .336 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .709. Over the course of the 2,884 at-bats in his professional career, Choi has recorded a batting average of .273 in addition to 788 hits. He is sitting with 442 runs in addition to having 244 runs batted in. He has homered 33 times, as well as 1,076 total bases and also a .373 slugging percentage.

Of their 124 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 88 times and been caught 36 times (29.0% caught stealing rate). The SSG Landers have turned 111 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (4th in Korean baseball). The Landers have 1,160 assists, 80 errors and have a total of 3,156 putouts on the campaign.

The Landers have a WHIP of 1.301 with a FIP of 3.87 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They sit at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 942. The SSG pitching staff have yielded 452 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 3.49 (408 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.26 (965 strikeouts against 427 bases on balls). They have given up 89 homers and they surrender 3.87 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG (-160)

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