Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 7/23/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Sung Bum Na and the Kia Tigers (48-40, 4th in KBO) will play the Hanwha Eagles (40-43, 6th in KBO) on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The Tigers open this matchup at -160 while the Eagles are priced at +132. The O/U is set at 8.

Hanwha is slugging .427 and have been rung up 688 times, while being walked on 338 occasions. They have earned 472 runs batted in in addition to 829 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is .273. The Eagles have accrued 140 doubles as a squad and have hit 100 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 503 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .353. As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 5.9 runs per game, which has them at 1st in baseball.

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Yonathan Perlaza is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. In his career, Perlaza has drilled 131 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 568 runs. For his career, he came to bat 4,073 times and came through with a base base hit 986 times. Perlaza is sitting with a batting avereage of .279 in his time in baseball, in addition to 627 runs scored and an OPS of .835. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .471 and he has totaled 1,667 bases. He has been struck out 883 times and has walked on 470 occasions, contributing to a .364 on-base percentage.

The Hanwha Eagles have notched a total of 2,306 putouts thus far, in addition to 856 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .979 which puts them in 10th in the league and they have turned 91 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 42 bases and have been thrown out 18 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 30.0%.

The Eagles have compiled a team ERA of 4.60 on the year (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 619 hitters. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 71 home runs and 448 total runs (3rd in baseball). Hanwha has surrendered 809 hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 393 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.80 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.50.

The Kia Tigers have compiled a team OBP of .344 and a batting average of .269 so far this year. They have struck out on 698 instances (2nd in the league) and have accounted for 833 hits. Kia has compiled 105 home runs so far this year to go along with 458 runs batted in. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .429 and they tally 5.30 runs per outing (4th in the league). The have tallied 161 doubles, while taking a walk 327 times and putting up 477 runs.

Sung Bum Na is a hitter who should impact this game for Kia. Na has recorded a walk 573 times while being called out on strikes on 1,506 tries. He has amassed 1,088 runs and has 1,159 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .381 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .916. He has homered 301 times, as well as 3,199 bases in total and a .535 slugging percentage. During the 5,983 official at-bats in his pro career, Na has earned a batting average of .311 in addition to having 1,860 base hits.

The Kia Tigers have turned 77 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .981 (4th in Korean baseball). Of their 97 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 81 times and been caught 16 times (16.5% caught stealing rate). The Tigers have accrued 831 assists, 62 errors and have accounted for 2,390 putouts on the campaign.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.407 and have a FIP of 4.72 as a unit on the year. They are sitting at 8th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 780. The Kia pitching staff have yielded 418 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.24 (375 earned runs conceded). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 1.89 (643 strikeouts vs 340 walks). They have conceded 85 long balls and they concede 4.72 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha (+132)

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