Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 10/17/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, October 17, 2025

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (+125) Hanwha (-150)

Lewin Diaz and the Samsung Lions (74-67, 4th in KBO) head to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Friday, October 17, 2025, where they'll take on the Hanwha Eagles (83-56, 2nd in KBO). The Lions open this game at +125 while the Eagles are priced at -150. The over/under is set at 8.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.4 runs/g, which puts them at 2nd in the league. They have racked up 767 runs scored while having a team OBP of .353. The Lions have recorded 239 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 160 balls out of the stadium. They have 720 RBI's in addition to 1,319 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is .271. Samsung is slugging .426 and have struck out 1,074 times, while being walked on 561 occasions.

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Lewin Diaz is a batter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. In his career, Diaz has hit 215 balls out of the park while driving in 778 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .479 in addition to earning 2,080 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 4,850 times and has delivered with a hit 1,163 times. He has struck out 906 times and has walked on 402 occasions, contributing to a .333 on-base percentage. Diaz has a batting average of .268 for his time in baseball, with 585 runs scored and an OPS of .812.

The Lions have stolen 106 bases and have been caught 26 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 19.7%. The Samsung Lions have earned a total of 3,781 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,381 assists and 87 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and they have turned 120 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.31 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.34. Lions pitchers have surrendered 130 home runs and also 638 runs in total (7th in baseball). Samsung has allowed 1,242 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 572 earned runs. The Lions have an ERA of 4.09 this season (4th in the league), and they have rung up 1,039 hitters.

The Hanwha Eagles have an OBP of .336 in addition to a batting average of .267 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,021 occasions (9th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,284 base hits. Hanwha has accounted for 114 HRs this year in addition to 632 RBIs. The Eagles have a SLG% of .396 and they are earning 4.77 runs per game (4th in the league). They have hit 248 doubles, while getting a free base 435 times as well as scoring 678 runs.

Si Hwan Roh is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. Noh has tallied a walk 369 times while fanning on 762 plate appearances. He has accrued 446 runs and also has 490 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .352 and he also has a career OPS of .801. He has hit the long ball 124 times, with 1,308 total bases and a .449 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 2,916 at-bats in his baseball career, Noh has hit .264 with 770 hits.

Out of their 134 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 96 times and been caught 38 times (28.4% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 98 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in Korean baseball). The Eagles have 1,307 assists, 85 errors and have a tally of 3,812 putouts this season.

The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 542 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.52 (497 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 99 long balls and they concede 3.84 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO). The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.264 in addition to having a FIP of 3.84 as a staff on the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.00 (1,318 strikeouts vs 440 bases on balls). They are sitting at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,166.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha (-150)

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