Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 10/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MBC

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (+120) Hanwha (-144)

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the site where Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (83-56, 2nd in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (74-67, 4th in KBO) on Saturday, October 18, 2025. The Lions open this contest at +120 while the Eagles are priced at -144. The over/under is set at 8.

Samsung is slugging .426 and have struck out 1,074 times, while being walked on 561 occasions. They have accrued 720 RBI's as well as 1,319 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average sits at .271. The Lions have accounted for 239 doubles as a unit and have hit 160 balls out of the park. They have tallied 767 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .353. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.4 runs per game, which ranks them 2nd in baseball.

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Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has hit .318 in his time in baseball, with 985 scored runs and an OPS of .900. He has struck out 1,001 times and earned a walk on 551 at-bats, contributing to a .387 on-base percentage. In his career, Koo has hit 186 balls out of the park while knocking in 882 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .513 and he has a total of 2,681 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 5,923 times and has notched a hit 1,664 times.

The Lions have swiped 106 bases and have been gunned down 26 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 19.7%. The Samsung Lions have accumulated 3,781 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,381 assists and 87 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and they have turned 120 double plays.

The Lions hold a team ERA of 4.09 so far this season (4th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,039 batters. Samsung has conceded 1,242 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 572 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.34. Lions pitchers have surrendered 130 long balls in addition to 638 runs in total (7th in baseball).

Hanwha has compiled 114 long balls so far this season as well as 632 RBIs. They have hit 248 doubles, while getting a free base 435 times and scoring 678 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have recorded a team on-base percentage of .336 in addition to a team batting average of .267 for the season. The Eagles have a team slugging % of .396 and they score 4.77 runs per game (4th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,021 occasions (9th in the league) and have accounted for 1,284 base hits.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Chae has tallied a free base 371 times while being called out on strikes on 898 tries. His on-base percentage is .355 and he has a career OPS of .802. For the 4,774 at-bats in his professional career, Chae has a batting average of .290 with 1,385 hits. He is sitting with 624 runs and also has 850 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 158 times, with 2,132 total bases and a .447 slugging percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 98 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in the league). The Eagles have 1,307 assists, 85 errors and have a total of 3,812 putouts this year. In their 134 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 96 times and been caught 38 times (28.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.264 and have a FIP of 3.84 as a squad for the season. They are sitting at 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,166. The Hanwha pitching staff have given up 542 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.52 (497 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.00 (1,318 strikeouts against 440 free passes). They have given up 99 dingers and they allow 3.84 runs per 9 innings (1st in KBO).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Samsung (+120)

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