SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 6/17/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: MS-T

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

Ruben Cardenas and the Kiwoom Heroes (20-50, 10th in KBO) host the SSG Landers (34-32, 6th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The Heroes open this contest at +162 while the Landers are coming in at -196. The total has been set at 8.

The Landers have compiled 89 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 44 balls out of the park. SSG has a slugging rate of .345 and have been called out on strikes 577 times, while being walked on 247 occasions. As a team, the SSG Landers are earning 4.1 runs per outing, which is 9th in baseball. They have 259 RBI's in addition to 550 hits for the season, and their average at the plate sits at .241. They have accounted for 276 runs and hold an OBP of .320.

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Yoo Seom Han is a batter who can be a difference maker for SSG. For his career, Han has slapped 202 baseballs over the fence while driving in 714 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .487 and he has racked up 1,862 bases. For his career, he stepped up to the plate 4,448 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,022 times. He has struck out 1,009 times and has been walked on 443 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .359 on-base percentage. Han has hit .267 for his career in baseball, with 557 scored runs and an OPS of .846.

The Landers have stolen 47 bases and have been thrown out 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 33.8%. The SSG Landers have 1,823 putouts on the year, as well as 685 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .978 which ranks 7th in the league and have a total of 66 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.27 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.32. Landers pitchers have allowed 52 home runs in addition to 275 total runs (8th in KBO). SSG has allowed 555 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 242 earned runs. The Landers have an earned run average of 3.59 over the course of the season (4th in the league), and the staff has struck out 561 hitters.

Kiwoom has accumulated 51 long balls over the course of the season as well as 240 runs batted in. The have tallied 97 two-baggers, while getting a free base 213 times as well as notching 253 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes have tallied a team OBP of .301 as well as a team batting average of .232 this season. The Heroes have a slugging percentage of .339 and they score 3.51 runs per outing (10th in KBO). They have been rung up on 611 occasions (1st in baseball) and have recorded 566 base hits.

Ruben Cardenas is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. In the 2,748 at-bats in his baseball career, Cardenas has an average at the plate of .272 with 748 hits. He has gone deep 120 times, in addition to having 1,314 bases in total and a .478 slugging %. Cardenas has tallied a walk 276 times while going down on strikes on 657 attempts. He has compiled 431 runs in addition to having earned 487 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .345 and he also has a career OPS of .823.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 59 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .975 (10th in KBO). The Heroes have accrued 648 assists, 66 errors and are sitting with 1,902 putouts over the course of the season. In their 85 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 55 times and been caught 30 times (35.3% caught stealing percentage).

The Kiwoom pitching staff have allowed 444 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.55 (391 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 69 home runs and they surrender 6.30 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.656 with a FIP of 6.30 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.59 (478 strikeouts against 300 bases on balls). They are sitting at 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 750.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG (-196)

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