SSG Landers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/17/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025

Location: Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (27-15, 2nd in KBO) play the SSG Landers (19-21, 7th in KBO) at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on Saturday, May 17, 2025. The line on this game has the Landers coming in at +120 and the Eagles are at -144. The O/U opens at 8.

SSG has a slugging rate of .337 and have struck out 344 times, while getting the free base on 157 occasions. They have 156 runs batted in and 319 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is .236. The Landers have hit 51 doubles as a team and have hit 26 balls out of the park. They have a total of 160 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .318. As a team, the SSG Landers are putting up 3.9 runs per game, which ranks them 8th in KBO.

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Yoo Seom Han is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In his pro baseball career, Han has slapped 198 baseballs out of the park while driving in 697 runs. For his time in the league, he approached the plate 4,355 times and has reached base with a base hit 999 times. Han has recorded a batting average of .267 for his baseball career, in addition to 548 scored runs and an OPS of .846. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .487 and he has a total of 1,823 bases. He has been struck out 990 times and has walked on 436 occasions, contributing to a .359 on-base percentage.

The Landers have stolen 25 bases and have been thrown out 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 30.6%. The SSG Landers have notched a total of 1,109 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 418 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .976 which is 8th in the league and they have turned 41 double plays.

The Landers have an ERA of 3.80 so far this season (4th in KBO), and their staff has rung up 330 batters. SSG has surrendered 333 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 156 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.98 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35. Landers pitchers have allowed 34 long balls and also 179 total runs (7th in baseball).

The Eagles have a SLG% of .386 and they are earning 4.50 runs per contest (7th in baseball). The have tallied 74 doubles, while getting a free base 127 times as well as earning 189 runs. Hanwha has 33 home runs on the season in addition to 180 RBIs. They have struck out on 336 occasions (5th in the league) and have tallied 353 base knocks. The Hanwha Eagles have an OBP of .322 as well as a team batting average of .251 so far this year.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Chae has earned a free base 351 times while striking out on 843 attempts. He has recorded 585 runs in addition to having earned 778 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .355 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .798. He has hit a home run 141 times, with 1,971 bases in total and also a .443 slugging %. For the 4,447 at-bats in his baseball career, Chae has earned a batting average of .290 with 1,290 base knocks.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 28 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 416 assists, 22 errors and are sitting with 1,125 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 33 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 23 times and been caught 10 times (30.3% caught stealing rate).

The Hanwha pitching staff have yielded 142 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 3.14 (131 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 29 homers and they allow 3.41 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.211 and have a FIP of 3.41 as a squad over the course of the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.76 (373 strikeouts vs 135 bases on balls). They rank 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 319.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha (-144)

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