Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/31/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, August 31, 2025

Location: Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (+126) Hanwha (-152)

Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (70-48, 2nd in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (60-60, 6th in KBO) at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on Sunday, August 31, 2025. The Lions open this contest at +126 while the Eagles are coming in at -152. The total is set at 8.5.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are scoring 5.3 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in KBO. They have a total of 642 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .349. The Lions have compiled 198 doubles as a squad and have hit 133 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 600 runs batted in as well as 1,116 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average comes in at .269. Samsung is slugging .420 and have been called out on strikes 911 times, while drawing a walk on 471 occasions.

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Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his pro baseball career, Koo has hit 181 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 856 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .511 and he has totaled 2,627 bases. For his time in the league, he came to the plate 5,822 times and has notched a hit 1,633 times. He has struck out 986 times and earned a walk on 540 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .386 on-base percentage. Koo has hit .318 for his time in baseball, with 967 scored runs and an OPS of .897.

The Samsung Lions have 3,223 putouts on the year, as well as 1,170 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which is 2nd in KBO and they have turned 97 double plays. The Lions have swiped 92 bases and have been caught 23 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 20.0%.

The Lions are sitting with a team ERA of 4.16 this year (5th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 892 batters. Samsung has relinquished 1,073 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 496 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.39 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.35. Lions pitchers have conceded 116 long balls in addition to 552 total runs (6th in KBO).

Hanwha has a total of 99 long balls this year and 511 RBIs. They have put up 207 two-baggers, while taking a walk 359 times and putting up 549 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have accumulated an OBP of .329 and a batting average of .261 this year. The Eagles have a SLG% of .391 and they average 4.54 runs per outing (6th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 884 occasions (7th in the league) and have tallied 1,063 hits.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. In the 4,709 at-bats in his baseball career, Chae has accumulated a batting average of .291 in addition to having 1,371 hits. He has hit a home run 158 times, with 2,117 total bases and also a .450 slugging %. Chae has recorded a walk 365 times while being called out on strikes on 880 plate appearances. He has amassed 621 runs and has 842 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .355 and he has earned a career OPS of .805.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 83 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have accrued 1,117 assists, 77 errors and have amassed 3,248 putouts on the campaign. In their 114 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 81 times and been caught 33 times (28.9% caught stealing percentage).

The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 457 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.44 (414 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 82 home runs and they concede 3.80 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.267 and have a FIP of 3.80 as a unit on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.92 (1,123 strikeouts against 384 walks). They have a ranking of 9th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 987.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Hanwha (-152) and under the total runs

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