Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers Prediction, 7/16/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kia Tigers vs SSG Landers

Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the venue where Seong Han Park and the SSG Landers (31-52, 9th in KBO) will take on the Kia Tigers (45-39, 4th in KBO) on Thursday, July 16, 2026. The Landers open this matchup at +102 while the Tigers are coming in at -122. The O/U opens at 8.

The Tigers have recorded 150 two-baggers as a team and have hit 101 balls out of the park. Kia has a slugging rate of .428 and have been called out on strikes 663 times, while getting the free base on 307 occasions. As a team, the Kia Tigers are scoring 5.2 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 5th in KBO. They have earned 431 runs batted in and 793 hits for the season, while their batting average is sitting at .269. They have accounted for 450 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .342.

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Sung Bum Na is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. In his career, Na has hit 299 balls out of the park while driving in 1,149 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .534 in addition to racking up 3,186 bases. For his career, he came to the plate 6,729 times and has delivered with a hit 1,855 times. He has struck out 1,499 times and has gotten a free base on 571 at-bats, contributing to a .381 on-base percentage. Na has accrued an average at the plate of .311 for his career, with 1,085 scored runs and an OPS of .915.

The Tigers have stolen 78 bases and have been gunned down 15 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 16.1%. The Kia Tigers have earned 2,285 putouts so far this season, as well as 796 assists and 58 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which has them ranked 3rd in the league and have earned 75 double plays.

The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 4.28 so far this year (3rd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 612 hitters. Kia has yielded 748 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 362 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.89 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41. Tigers pitchers have allowed 80 long balls and 402 total runs (7th in baseball).

The Landers have a SLG% of .411 and they are earning 4.92 runs per game (7th in KBO). They have recorded 134 doubles, while taking a walk 330 times as well as notching 423 runs. SSG has a total of 94 HRs on the year and 402 RBIs. They have struck out on 648 occasions (4th in the league) and have earned a total of 770 hits. The SSG Landers have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .339 and a team batting average of .260 on the campaign.

Seong Han Park is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. In the 2,771 at-bats in his baseball career, Park has a batting average of .288 and has racked up 799 hits. He has gone deep 37 times, in addition to having 1,060 total bases and a .383 slugging %. Park has recorded a walk 384 times while going down on strikes on 473 tries. He has a total of 392 runs in addition to having 311 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .375 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .758.

The SSG Landers have turned 75 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (9th in the league). Of their 65 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 48 times and been caught 17 times (26.2% caught stealing percentage). The Landers have recorded 786 assists, 64 errors and are sitting with 2,260 putouts for the season.

The SSG pitching staff have surrendered 540 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 5.84 (489 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 97 long balls and they concede 6.45 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.632 and have a FIP of 6.45 as a staff on the campaign. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.61 (642 strikeouts against 400 bases on balls). They rank 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 829.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (-122)

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