SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 7/31/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Kiwoom Heroes

Date: Friday, July 31, 2026

Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (-128) Kiwoom (+106)

Joo Hwan Choi and the Kiwoom Heroes (36-61, 10th in KBO) play the SSG Landers (37-57, 9th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Friday, July 31, 2026. The Heroes open this matchup at +106 while the Landers are priced at -128. The O/U has been set at 9.

The Landers have accrued 156 two-baggers as a team and have hit 108 balls out of the park. SSG owns a slugging percentage of .412 and have been called out on strikes 760 times, while being walked on 377 occasions. As a unit, the SSG Landers are compiling 4.9 runs per contest, which is 7th in baseball. They have earned 459 runs batted in in addition to 876 hits for the season, while their average at the plate sits at .260. They have accounted for 482 runs and have an on-base percentage of .338.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. In his career, Choi has hit 47 balls out of the park while knocking in 299 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .383 and he has racked up 1,269 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 3,710 times and has delivered a hit 904 times. He has been struck out 491 times and has taken a walk on 287 occasions, contributing to a .334 on-base percentage. Choi has accrued an average at the plate of .273 in his time in baseball, in addition to 504 runs scored and an OPS of .717.

The SSG Landers have accounted for 2,590 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 914 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .981 which puts them in 6th in the league and have earned 92 double plays. The Landers have stolen 56 bags and have been caught 19 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 25.3%.

The Landers hold a team earned run average of 5.64 on the year (10th in KBO), and they have struck out 738 batters. Landers pitchers have allowed 106 long balls in addition to 594 runs in total (1st in the league). SSG has surrendered 931 base hits (9.7 per 9 innings) as well as 541 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.63 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.60.

The Kiwoom Heroes have compiled a team OBP of .320 in addition to a team batting average of .243 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 846 occasions (1st in the league) and have earned 816 hits. Kiwoom has accounted for 69 home runs so far this year to go along with 357 runs batted in. The Heroes hold a slugging % of .350 and they have an average of 3.85 runs per outing (10th in KBO). They have 139 doubles, while walking 329 times as well as putting up 381 runs.

Joo Hwan Choi is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Choi has recorded a free base 486 times while being called out on strikes on 795 attempts. He is sitting with 630 runs and has 782 runs batted in. His on-base % is .343 and he has a lifetime OPS of .770. He has hit the long ball 143 times, with 2,113 total bases and also a .427 slugging percentage. During the 4,948 official at-bats in his career, Choi has accrued an average at the plate of .274 with 1,356 base hits.

The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 83 double plays and have a fielding rate of .980 (8th in Korean baseball). The Heroes have accrued 855 assists, 72 errors and have notched a total of 2,621 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 92 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 63 times and been caught 29 times (31.5% caught stealing rate).

The Heroes have a team WHIP of 1.517 in addition to having a FIP of 5.46 as a unit on the season. They come in at 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 962. The Kiwoom pitching staff have conceded 530 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.02 (487 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.06 (748 strikeouts vs 363 bases on balls). They have conceded 94 long balls and they surrender 5.46 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take SSG (-128)

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