KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/22/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, August 22, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: KT (-145) Doosan (+125)

Ui-ji Yang and the Doosan Bears (49-59, 9th in KBO) host the KT Wiz (55-55, 6th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, August 22, 2025. The Wiz open this game at -145 while the Bears are coming in at +125. The total opens at 9.

KT has a slugging rate of .365 and have been rung up 812 times, while taking a walk on 429 occasions. They have recorded 465 runs batted in and 964 base knocks for the year, while their batting average is .252. The Wiz have hit 171 doubles as a squad and have knocked 77 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 490 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .335. As a squad, the KT Wiz are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which ranks them 8th in the league.

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Mel Rojas is a batter who should be able to impact this game for KT. For his career, Rojas has hit 275 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,094 runs. His career slugging percentage is .461 and he has totaled 3,366 bases. For his time in baseball, he stepped up to bat 8,298 times and has delivered with a base hit 2,029 times. He has been struck out 1,730 times and has been walked on 843 occasions, contributing to a .355 on-base %. Rojas is sitting with a batting avereage of .278 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,082 runs scored and an OPS of .816.

The KT Wiz have a total of 3,026 putouts for the season, in addition to 1,147 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which ranks 4th in the league and have accumulated 82 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 111 bases and have been gunned down 26 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 19.0%.

They have a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.39. Wiz pitchers have allowed 85 long balls and 502 runs in total (7th in the league). KT has conceded 1,046 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 442 earned runs. The Wiz have a team ERA of 3.95 for the season (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 833 hitters.

Doosan has recorded 80 long balls for the year in addition to 460 RBIs. The have tallied 176 two-baggers, while walking 369 times and putting up 503 runs. The Doosan Bears have tallied an on-base percentage of .331 as well as a team batting average of .261 on the year. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .382 and they score 4.45 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have struck out on 902 occasions (2nd in the league) and have recorded 1,012 base hits.

Ui-ji Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. For the 6,290 at-bats in his professional career, Yang has accrued an average at the plate of .309 with 1,942 base hits. He has gone deep 281 times, as well as 3,156 total bases and a .502 slugging percentage. Yang has tallied a walk 712 times while fanning on 811 plate appearances. He is sitting with 926 runs and notched 1,183 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .390 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .892.

The Doosan Bears have turned 95 double plays and have a fielding rate of .977 (9th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 1,082 assists, 97 errors and have a tally of 3,013 putouts so far this season. Out of their 115 chances at getting a steal, they have been successful 81 times and been caught 34 times (29.6% caught stealing rate).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.372 and have a FIP of 4.62 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.92 (802 strikeouts against 418 free passes). They sit at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 960. They have allowed 81 homers and they relinquish 4.62 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 516 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.09 (456 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT (-145)

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