SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/1/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, August 1, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (-210) Doosan (+172)

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (41-52, 9th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (47-46, 5th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, August 1, 2025. The Bears open this contest at +172 while the Landers are priced at -210. The total has been set at 8.5.

SSG has a slugging rate of .351 and have been rung up 791 times, while taking a walk on 358 occasions. They have 365 RBI's in addition to 792 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average comes in at .244. The Landers have accumulated 120 two-baggers as a team and have hit 70 balls out of the park. They have a total of 389 runs and hold an OBP of .323. As a team, the SSG Landers are recording 4.0 runs per game, which has them at 9th in baseball.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In his professional baseball career, Choi has hit 32 balls out of the park while driving in 239 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .374 and he has racked up 1,053 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to the plate 3,159 times and came through with a base hit 769 times. He has fanned 416 times and has gotten a free base on 249 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .336 on-base %. Choi has accrued an average at the plate of .273 for his time in baseball, in addition to 435 runs scored and an OPS of .710.

The Landers have swiped 72 bases and have been thrown out 30 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 29.4%. The SSG Landers have a total of 2,591 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 948 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .980 which has them sitting 5th in the league and have accumulated 92 double plays.

They have a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.31. Landers pitchers have yielded 69 home runs and also 379 total runs (9th in KBO). SSG has surrendered 779 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 339 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.53 on the season (2nd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 822 hitters.

The Doosan Bears are sitting with an on-base percentage of .332 and a batting average of .261 so far this season. They have struck out on 792 occasions (2nd in the league) and have tallied 877 base knocks. Doosan has hit 68 home runs so far this season and 400 RBIs. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .379 and they have an average of 4.46 runs per contest (7th in KBO). They have 154 doubles, while walking 328 times as well as putting up 437 runs.

Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Jung has recorded a free base 592 times while going down on strikes on 818 plate appearances. He has a total of 982 runs and also has 573 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .354 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .725. He has hit the long ball 41 times, with 2,079 bases in total and also a .371 slugging percentage. During the 5,607 at-bats in his professional career, Jung has a batting average of .279 with 1,566 hits.

Of their 101 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 72 times and been caught 29 times (28.7% caught stealing percentage). The Doosan Bears have turned 84 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (7th in KBO). The Bears have accrued 945 assists, 80 errors and have earned a total of 2,610 putouts for the season.

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.374 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.71 as a team on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.89 (687 strikeouts vs 363 free passes). They are sitting at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 832. They have allowed 68 long balls and they concede 4.71 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 455 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.21 (407 earned runs relinquished).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG (-210)

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