Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers Prediction, 5/1/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs SSG Landers

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-275) SSG (+220)

Yoo Seom Han and the SSG Landers (13-15, 7th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (18-12, 2nd in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Thursday, May 1, 2025. The odds on this matchup have the Lions coming in at -275 and the Landers are at +220. The O/U opens at 9.

The Lions have tallied 53 doubles as a squad and have smacked 39 balls out of the stadium. Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .455 and have struck out 246 times, while getting the free base on 126 occasions. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are notching 6.2 runs per outing, which is 1st in baseball. They have accounted for 169 RBI's and 297 base knocks this year, and their batting average is sitting at .284. They are sitting with 186 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .366.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his career, Koo has slapped 174 balls out of the park while driving in 807 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .512 in addition to having tallied 2,465 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 5,438 times and has reached base with a base knock 1,524 times. He has gone down on strikes 935 times and has taken a walk on 495 at-bats, contributing to a .384 on-base %. Koo has compiled an average at the plate of .317 for his career in baseball, with 906 runs scored and an OPS of .896.

The Lions have stolen 20 bases and have been caught 4 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 16.7%. The Samsung Lions have a tally of 801 putouts on the campaign, as well as 266 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them sitting 2nd in the league and they have turned 24 double plays.

The Lions have an ERA of 4.04 on the campaign (5th in the league), and the staff has struck out 224 hitters. Samsung has allowed 250 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and also 120 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.22 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.31. Lions pitchers have given up 25 long balls and 125 runs (6th in baseball).

SSG has accounted for 15 long balls so far this year and 106 RBIs. They have recorded 32 two-baggers, while walking 108 times and racking up 108 runs. The SSG Landers have accounted for a team OBP of .318 and a batting average of .235 on the year. The Landers hold a team SLG% of .321 and they average 3.86 runs per game (9th in the league). They have struck out on 240 occasions (5th in the league) and have tallied 220 hits.

Yoo Seom Han is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Han has recorded a walk 431 times while striking out on 977 tries. He has compiled 542 runs in addition to having earned 694 RBIs. His on-base rate is .359 and he has a career OPS of .846. He has homered 198 times, with 1,805 total bases and a .487 slugging percentage. For the 3,704 official at-bats in his pro career, Han has recorded a batting average of .267 with 988 base hits.

Out of their 23 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 18 times and been caught 5 times (21.7% caught stealing percentage). The SSG Landers have turned 23 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .977 (7th in KBO). The Landers have 266 assists, 24 errors and have accumulated 764 putouts over the course of the season.

The Landers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.369 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.35 as a team over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.35 (254 strikeouts vs 108 free passes). They are sitting at 7th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 240. They have surrendered 22 homers and they concede 4.35 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The SSG pitching staff have relinquished 123 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 3.97 (112 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-275)

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