SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 10/2/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (-196) Kia (+162)

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Patrick Wisdom and the Kia Tigers (63-74, 8th in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (74-63, 3rd in KBO) on Thursday, October 2, 2025. The Tigers open this game at +162 while the Landers are priced at -196. The total opens at 9.

As a unit, the SSG Landers are putting up 4.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 9th in the league. They have earned 600 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .331. The Landers have accounted for 173 two-baggers as a team and have hit 122 balls out of the park. They have accrued 569 runs batted in as well as 1,223 hits on the year, while their average at the plate sits at .256. SSG has a slugging rate of .375 and have been called out on strikes 1,130 times, while getting the free base on 488 occasions.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. Choi has earned a batting average of .276 for his baseball career, with 454 runs scored and an OPS of .717. He has been struck out 436 times and has walked on 258 occasions, contributing to a .338 on-base %. In his career, Choi has slapped 36 balls out of the park while knocking in 257 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .379 in addition to earning 1,119 bases. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 3,312 times and has delivered a hit 817 times.

The Landers have stolen 108 bags and have been caught 45 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 29.4%. The SSG Landers have notched a total of 3,775 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,369 assists and 99 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which has them ranked 4th in KBO and they have turned 138 double plays.

The Landers have an earned run average of 3.59 for the year (2nd in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,172 batters. SSG has given up 1,134 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 502 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.33 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.30. Landers pitchers have allowed 111 home runs in addition to 557 total runs (9th in KBO).

Kia has knocked in 140 long balls on the year and 605 RBIs. They have recorded 230 two-baggers, while taking a walk 517 times as well as recording 649 runs. The Kia Tigers have earned an on-base percentage of .334 as well as a team batting average of .257 so far this year. The Tigers have a slugging percentage of .397 and they earn 4.60 runs per contest (6th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,192 instances (2nd in KBO) and have tallied 1,242 hits.

Patrick Wisdom is a batter who should impact this game for Kia. In the 5,372 official at-bats in his career, Wisdom has accrued an average at the plate of .240 in addition to 1,288 hits. He has gone yard 283 times, in addition to having 2,472 total bases and also a .460 slugging percentage. Wisdom has drawn a walk 588 times while fanning on 1,732 plate appearances. He has tallied 805 runs and notched 887 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .319 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .779.

The Kia Tigers have turned 123 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .977 (10th in Korean baseball). The Tigers have recorded 1,393 assists, 122 errors and have 3,743 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 151 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 110 times and been caught 41 times (27.2% caught stealing percentage).

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.431 with a FIP of 5.16 as a squad so far this season. They are currently ranked 4th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,281. The Kia pitching staff have given up 715 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 4.64 (643 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.05 (1,035 strikeouts vs 504 bases on balls). They have given up 108 homers and they surrender 5.16 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kia (+162) and under the total runs

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