Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 7/9/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+125) Lotte (-145)

Soo Bin Jung and the Doosan Bears (34-48, 9th in KBO) are headed to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (46-37, 3rd in KBO). The Giants open this matchup at -145 while the Bears are coming in at +125. The O/U has been set at 8.

The Bears have hit 130 two-baggers as a team and have hit 54 balls out of the park. Doosan has a slugging % of .367 and have been called out on strikes 669 times, while being walked on 282 occasions. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are notching 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 8th in KBO. They have tallied 333 RBI's and 739 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average sits at .256. They have earned 363 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .328.

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Soo Bin Jung is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. In his career, Jung has hit 40 balls out of the park while driving in 569 runs. For his career, he stepped up to the plate 6,410 times and has come through with a hit 1,552 times. Jung is sitting with a batting avereage of .279 for his baseball career, with 972 runs scored and an OPS of .724. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .370 and he has racked up 2,056 bases. He has struck out 810 times and has walked on 585 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .354 OBP.

The Bears have stolen 57 bases and have been caught 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 29.6%. The Doosan Bears are sitting with 2,243 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 801 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding rate is at .979 which is 7th in the league and they have turned 72 double plays.

The Bears hold a team earned run average of 4.43 over the course of the season (7th in the league), and they have rung up 599 batters. Doosan has conceded 727 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 368 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.87 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.40. Bears pitchers have surrendered 59 home runs in addition to 412 total runs (3rd in KBO).

The Giants hold a team SLG% of .393 and they tally 4.92 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have recorded 157 doubles, while walking 304 times as well as racking up 423 runs. Lotte has compiled 47 home runs on the year to go along with 396 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 592 instances (9th in the league) and have accounted for 838 hits. The Lotte Giants have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .355 and a batting average of .283 for the season.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Over the course of the 6,780 at-bats in his baseball career, Jeon has an average at the plate of .300 with 2,031 hits. He has gone yard 220 times, with 3,153 total bases and also a .465 slugging %. Jeon has drawn a free base 631 times while fanning on 1,140 attempts. He has a total of 1,093 runs and has 1,025 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .364 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .829.

Out of their 74 tries at getting a steal, they have been successful 62 times and been caught 12 times (16.2% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 71 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (5th in the league). The Giants have accrued 835 assists, 66 errors and have earned 2,288 putouts for the year.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.484 and have a FIP of 5.19 as a staff on the year. They come in at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 793. The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 440 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.73 (401 earned runs given up). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.04 (688 strikeouts vs 338 walks). They have surrendered 76 home runs and they allow 5.19 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (-145)

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