Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 8/19/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (-128) Hanwha (+106)

Hanwha Life Eagles Park is the venue where Hyun Bin Moon and the Hanwha Eagles (48-53, 6th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (56-48, 4th in KBO) on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. The odds on this matchup have the Tigers coming in at -128 and the Eagles are at +106. The O/U has been set at 9.

The Tigers have hit 182 doubles as a squad and have knocked 135 balls out of the park. Kia owns a slugging percentage of .439 and have been called out on strikes 843 times, while being walked on 379 occasions. As a unit, the Kia Tigers are earning 5.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 4th in the league. They have accrued 543 RBI's in addition to 988 hits this year, and their average at the plate comes in at .271. They have a total of 567 runs scored and have an OBP of .345.

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Do Yeong Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his pro baseball career, Kim has hit 90 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 291 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to the plate 1,847 times and has reached base with a base knock 495 times. Kim has earned a batting average of .307 for his career, with 359 runs scored and an OPS of .940. He has earned a slugging percentage of .556 and he has racked up 895 bases. He has struck out 336 times and earned a walk on 196 occasions, which has contributed to a .384 OBP.

The Tigers have stolen 90 bases and have been caught 17 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 15.9%. The Kia Tigers have amassed 2,816 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 980 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .981 which is 6th in KBO and have a total of 88 double plays.

The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 4.42 on the season (3rd in baseball), and they have struck out 754 hitters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 102 home runs and 511 runs in total (7th in the league). Kia has yielded 934 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 461 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.88 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.42.

The Eagles hold a team SLG% of .431 and they have an average of 5.79 runs per outing (1st in the league). They hit 166 doubles, while taking a walk 406 times as well as scoring 602 runs. Hanwha has tallied 125 home runs for the year in addition to 565 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 842 occasions (4th in KBO) and have 1,012 hits. The Hanwha Eagles have compiled a team OBP of .354 in addition to a team batting average of .275 on the season.

Hyun Bin Moon is a batter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Moon has drawn a walk 144 times while striking out on 280 attempts. He is sitting with 210 runs in addition to having 234 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .354 and he has a career OPS of .778. He has gone yard 34 times, as well as 686 total bases and a .424 slugging %. Over the course of the 1,618 official at-bats in his pro career, Moon is sitting with a batting avereage of .292 with 472 base knocks.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 108 double plays and have a fielding rate of .979 (10th in Korean baseball). Out of their 67 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 44 times and been caught 23 times (34.3% caught stealing rate). The Eagles have recorded 1,020 assists, 80 errors and are sitting with 2,771 putouts for the season.

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.523 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.46 as a unit for the season. They are sitting at 4th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,000. The Hanwha pitching staff have relinquished 560 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.84 (496 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.88 (764 strikeouts vs 406 free passes). They have surrendered 95 long balls and they relinquish 5.46 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (-128)

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