SSG Landers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Location: Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (+132) Hanwha (-160)

Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (20-21, 5th in KBO) are headed to Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on Sunday, May 18, 2025, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (27-16, 2nd in KBO). The Eagles open this matchup at -160 while the Landers are priced at +132. The total has been set at 8.5.

As a squad, the SSG Landers are knocking in 3.9 runs per contest, which is 8th in baseball. They have notched a total of 164 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .317. The Landers have tallied 51 doubles as a squad and have smacked 27 balls out of the stadium. They have 159 runs batted in in addition to 327 hits for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .236. SSG is slugging .337 and have been called out on strikes 347 times, while drawing a walk on 157 occasions.

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Seong Han Park is a batter who should impact this game for SSG. Park has accumulated a batting average of .279 for his career, in addition to 281 scored runs and an OPS of .731. He has gone down on strikes 368 times and earned a walk on 273 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .361 OBP. In his professional baseball career, Park has hit 29 balls out of the park while driving in 240 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .370 and he has racked up 794 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 2,470 times and has reached base with a hit 599 times.

The SSG Landers are sitting with 1,136 putouts for the season, as well as 425 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .977 which puts them in 8th in Korean baseball and have a total of 41 double plays. The Landers have stolen 25 bags and have been thrown out 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 30.6%.

The Landers have an earned run average of 3.71 so far this season (4th in KBO), and their staff has struck out 343 hitters. SSG has given up 336 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and also 156 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.04 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.33. Landers pitchers have conceded 34 home runs and also 179 total runs (7th in the league).

Hanwha has compiled 33 HRs for the season to go along with 182 runs batted in. The have tallied 74 doubles, while walking 130 times as well as scoring 191 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have compiled a team on-base percentage of .321 and a batting average of .250 for the year. The Eagles hold a slugging % of .382 and they score 4.44 runs per contest (7th in KBO). They have struck out on 340 occasions (5th in the league) and have 359 hits.

Estevan Florial is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. In the 3,489 official at-bats in his pro career, Florial has compiled an average at the plate of .258 in addition to 900 base knocks. He has homered 120 times, in addition to having 1,524 bases in total and also a .437 slugging percentage. Florial has drawn a free base 461 times while striking out on 1,186 tries. He has accumulated 602 runs and also has 478 RBIs. His OBP sits at .346 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .783.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 28 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (3rd in the league). The Eagles have accrued 425 assists, 22 errors and have amassed 1,152 putouts so far this year. Of their 34 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 24 times and been caught 10 times (29.4% caught stealing rate).

The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 150 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.26 (139 earned runs allowed). They have relinquished 32 homers and they allow 3.52 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Eagles have a WHIP of 1.216 and have a FIP of 3.52 as a unit on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.81 (382 strikeouts vs 136 free passes). They sit at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 331.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG (+132)

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