Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 4/12/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Sunday, April 12, 2026

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+150) Hanwha (-182)

Ho Ryung Kim and the Kia Tigers (4-7, 8th in KBO) travel to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Sunday, April 12, 2026, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (6-5, 5th in KBO). The Eagles open this game at -182 while the Tigers are coming in at +150. The O/U is set at 9.

The Tigers have hit 20 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 10 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging % of .390 and have been rung up 80 times, while taking a walk on 56 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are compiling 4.6 runs per outing, which puts them at 8th in the league. They have accumulated 51 runs batted in in addition to 93 base knocks this season, and their average at the plate sits at .253. They have accounted for 51 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .353.

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Ho Ryung Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. For his professional baseball career, Kim has slapped 26 balls out of the park while driving in 165 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 1,908 times and came through with a base base hit 412 times. Kim is sitting with a batting avereage of .246 for his time in baseball, with 285 scored runs and an OPS of .675. His slugging percentage is .355 in addition to having tallied 595 bases. He has fanned 496 times and has walked on 150 occasions, contributing to a .320 on-base percentage.

The Kia Tigers have a tally of 286 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 92 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .990 which has them ranked 1st in the league and have accumulated 5 double plays. The Tigers have stolen 11 bases and have been caught 0 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 0.0%.

The Tigers have an ERA of 5.49 so far this year (8th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 68 batters. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 11 home runs and also 60 total runs (6th in the league). Kia has given up 87 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 58 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.26 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.48.

The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .369 in addition to a batting average of .282 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 95 occasions (3rd in baseball) and are sitting with 115 hits. Hanwha has tallied 12 home runs for the year as well as 73 runs batted in. The Eagles have a team SLG% of .422 and they are scoring 7.09 runs per outing (1st in baseball). They have put up 21 two-baggers, while taking a walk 47 times as well as scoring 78 runs.

Eun Seong Chae is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. During the 4,818 at-bats in his professional career, Chae has hit .290 with 1,398 base hits. He has homered 160 times, in addition to having 2,152 bases in total and also a .447 slugging %. Chae has drawn a walk 373 times while striking out on 908 chances. He has a total of 631 runs and notched 858 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .355 and he holds a career OPS of .802.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 9 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .968 (10th in Korean baseball). In their 4 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 2 times and been caught 2 times (50.0% caught stealing rate). The Eagles have accrued 92 assists, 13 errors and have accumulated 300 putouts during this campaign.

The Eagles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.740 and have a FIP of 6.93 as a pitching staff this year. They are currently ranked 4th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 109. The Hanwha pitching staff have yielded 77 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 6.30 (70 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.55 (101 strikeouts vs 65 free passes). They have surrendered 10 homers and they concede 6.93 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kia (+150)

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