Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 10/24/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, October 24, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SBS

Odds/Point Spread: Kia (+102) Samsung (-122)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Lewin Diaz and the Samsung Lions (83-58, 2nd in KBO) will play the Kia Tigers (79-63, 3rd in KBO) on Saturday, October 24, 2026. The Lions open this contest at -122 while the Tigers are priced at +102. The O/U is set at 8.

The Tigers have earned 251 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 174 balls out of the stadium. Kia has a slugging rate of .435 and have struck out 1,136 times, while getting the free base on 515 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are knocking in 5.3 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in baseball. They have amassed 736 RBI's in addition to 1,347 hits for the season, while their average at the plate is .271. They have earned a total of 769 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .347.

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Sung Bum Na is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Kia. In his pro baseball career, Na has hit 313 balls out of the park while driving in 1,197 runs. His career slugging percentage is .534 and he has totaled 3,308 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to the plate 6,985 times and came through with a base base hit 1,924 times. He has fanned 1,572 times and earned a walk on 593 attempts at the plate, which contributes in part to a .381 OBP. Na has recorded a batting average of .311 in his time in baseball, in addition to 1,117 scored runs and an OPS of .915.

The Kia Tigers have earned 3,839 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,307 assists and 98 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which has them ranked 5th in KBO and have a total of 122 double plays. The Tigers have swiped 108 bases and have been thrown out 24 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 18.2%.

Their K/BB ratio is 1.97 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.39. Tigers pitchers have yielded 139 home runs and 664 total runs (8th in baseball). Kia has given up 1,242 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 607 earned runs. The Tigers have a team ERA of 4.27 on the year (3rd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,053 batters.

Samsung has 140 home runs so far this season as well as 773 runs batted in. The have tallied 222 doubles, while taking a walk 628 times as well as scoring 806 runs. The Samsung Lions hold an OBP of .362 in addition to a team batting average of .273 on the campaign. The Lions have a slugging percentage of .414 and they tally 5.60 runs per game (3rd in KBO). They have been rung up on 1,017 occasions (9th in KBO) and have totaled 1,350 hits.

Lewin Diaz is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Over the course of the 4,881 at-bats in his professional career, Diaz has hit .272 in addition to having 1,328 base knocks. He has gone deep 241 times, with 2,356 total bases and a .483 slugging percentage. Diaz has tallied a walk 475 times while striking out on 1,004 occasions. He has compiled 671 runs in addition to having 907 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .339 and he holds a career OPS of .822.

The Samsung Lions have turned 113 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in Korean baseball). The Lions have 1,387 assists, 85 errors and have accounted for 3,840 putouts so far this season. Out of their 132 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 99 times and been caught 33 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.387 in addition to having a FIP of 4.70 as a team on the year. They are currently ranked 6th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,304. The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 669 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.31 (613 earned runs given up). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.32 (1,091 strikeouts vs 471 walks). They have yielded 138 homers and they yield 4.70 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kia (+102)

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