Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers Prediction, 4/30/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers

Date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

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

Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (17-12, 2nd in KBO) go to Incheon SSG Landers Field on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, where they'll meet the SSG Landers (13-14, 6th in KBO). The Lions open this matchup at -152 while the Landers are priced at +126. The over/under opens at 9.

As a squad, the Samsung Lions are knocking in 6.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 1st in baseball. They are sitting with 183 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .368. The Lions have earned 51 doubles as a team and have knocked 38 balls out of the stadium. They have amassed 167 RBI's in addition to 288 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .285. Samsung is slugging .457 and have been rung up 237 times, while drawing a walk on 122 occasions.

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Young Woong Kim is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Kim has hit 36 balls out of the park while knocking in 113 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .456 and he has accumulated 305 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to the plate 744 times and has delivered with a hit 163 times. He has gone down on strikes 222 times and has gotten a free base on 61 occasions, contributing to a .307 OBP. Kim has hit .244 for his career, with 91 runs scored and an OPS of .763.

The Samsung Lions have a total of 774 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 257 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and they have turned 24 double plays. The Lions have swiped 18 bases and have been thrown out 3 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 14.3%.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.23 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.33. Lions pitchers have given up 25 home runs and also 124 runs (6th in the league). Samsung has conceded 246 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 119 earned runs. The Lions have compiled a team earned run average of 4.15 this year (5th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 216 hitters.

The SSG Landers have tallied an OBP of .321 in addition to a batting average of .238 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 232 instances (5th in KBO) and are sitting with 216 hits. SSG has accounted for 15 home runs this year to go along with 105 RBIs. The Landers have a slugging percentage of .327 and they average 3.96 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have recorded 32 doubles, while taking a walk 104 times and putting up 107 runs.

Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. For the 2,547 at-bats in his professional career, Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .276 with 703 base hits. He has gone deep 30 times, as well as 967 total bases and a .380 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a free base 225 times while fanning on 366 tries. He has accrued 403 runs in addition to having earned 223 RBIs. His on-base rate is .339 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .719.

Of their 21 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 17 times and been caught 4 times (19.0% caught stealing percentage). The SSG Landers have turned 23 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .978 (6th in KBO). The Landers have recorded 251 assists, 22 errors and have 737 putouts for the season.

The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.366 with a FIP of 4.40 as a pitching staff for the season. They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 231. The SSG pitching staff have allowed 120 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.00 (109 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.36 (245 strikeouts vs 104 walks). They have allowed 21 dingers and they yield 4.40 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-152)

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