Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 7/8/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+172) Lotte (-210)

Jake Cave and the Doosan Bears (34-48, 9th in KBO) go to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (46-37, 3rd in KBO). The line on this game has the Bears priced at +172 and the Giants are at -210. The total is set at 8.

The Bears have hit 130 doubles as a squad and have smacked 54 balls out of the park. Doosan is slugging .367 and have struck out 669 times, while taking a walk on 282 occasions. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are knocking in 4.3 runs/g, which puts them at 8th in baseball. They have 333 RBI's as well as 739 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average sits at .256. They have tallied 363 runs and have an OBP of .328.

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Jake Cave is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. For his professional baseball career, Cave has hit 134 balls out of the park while driving in 620 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .441 and he has a total of 2,259 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 5,678 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,419 times. He has struck out 1,374 times and earned a walk on 437 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .339 OBP. Cave has hit .277 for his baseball career, in addition to 761 scored runs and an OPS of .780.

The Doosan Bears have notched a total of 2,243 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 801 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which is 7th in KBO and they have turned 72 double plays. The Bears have swiped 57 bases and have been caught 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 29.6%.

The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.43 on the year (7th in baseball), and they have rung up 599 hitters. Bears pitchers have conceded 59 long balls in addition to 412 total runs (3rd in the league). Doosan has allowed 727 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 368 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.87 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.40.

The Giants hold a team SLG% of .393 and they score 4.92 runs per contest (3rd in baseball). They hit 157 doubles, while taking a walk 304 times as well as recording 423 runs. Lotte has accounted for 47 home runs for the year to go along with 396 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 592 occasions (9th in KBO) and have notched a total of 838 base hits. The Lotte Giants have accounted for an OBP of .355 in addition to a batting average of .283 so far this year.

Seung Min Go is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In the 1,376 at-bats in his pro career, Go has an average at the plate of .286 with 394 hits. He has hit the long ball 24 times, as well as 571 total bases and a .415 slugging percentage. Go has recorded a walk 148 times while being called out on strikes on 268 occasions. He has accounted for 204 runs in addition to having 179 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .353 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .768.

Out of their 74 attempts at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 62 times and been caught 12 times (16.2% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 71 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in Korean baseball). The Giants have racked up 835 assists, 66 errors and have a total of 2,288 putouts for the season.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.484 and have a FIP of 5.19 as a staff for the year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.04 (688 strikeouts against 338 bases on balls). They rank 2nd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 793. They have surrendered 76 dingers and they relinquish 5.19 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have relinquished 440 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.73 (401 earned runs conceded).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Doosan (+172)

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