Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/29/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Doosan Bears vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Doosan (+102) Lotte (-122)

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (60-57, 4th in KBO) will play the Doosan Bears (52-63, 9th in KBO) on Friday, August 29, 2025. The Giants open this matchup at -122 while the Bears are coming in at +102. The O/U opens at 8.

Doosan has a slugging % of .382 and have been rung up 958 times, while getting the free base on 386 occasions. They have recorded 496 RBI's in addition to 1,078 hits this season, and their team batting average comes in at .262. The Bears have accrued 187 doubles as a squad and have hit 84 balls out of the park. They have a total of 542 runs scored and hold an OBP of .331. As a squad, the Doosan Bears are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which is 6th in the league.

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Ui-ji Yang is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Yang has compiled an average at the plate of .309 for his career in baseball, in addition to 928 runs scored and an OPS of .891. He has been struck out 813 times and has gotten a free base on 715 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .390 on-base %. In his career, Yang has hit 281 baseballs out of the park while driving in 1,186 runs. His career slugging percentage is .501 and he has totaled 3,165 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 7,334 times and came through with a base base hit 1,950 times.

The Bears have stolen 86 bags and have been thrown out 39 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 31.2%. The Doosan Bears have earned 3,202 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,143 assists and 99 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .978 which has them ranked 7th in the league and have accumulated 102 double plays.

The Bears have a team ERA of 4.22 for the season (6th in baseball), and they have struck out 856 batters. Doosan has conceded 1,033 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 500 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.89 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39. Bears pitchers have given up 88 home runs and 561 runs in total (5th in the league).

Lotte has tallied 61 home runs this year to go along with 536 RBIs. They hit 208 doubles, while taking a walk 446 times and scoring 576 runs. The Lotte Giants have accounted for an OBP of .348 and a batting average of .270 for the year. The Giants have a team SLG% of .374 and they are recording 4.72 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have struck out on 847 occasions (9th in KBO) and have recorded 1,128 base hits.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For the 5,567 at-bats in his pro career, Reyes has earned a batting average of .298 in addition to having 1,659 hits. He has gone deep 94 times, in addition to having 2,337 total bases and a .420 slugging percentage. Reyes has earned a walk 394 times while being called out on strikes on 1,023 occasions. He has a total of 781 runs in addition to having 759 RBIs. His on-base rate is .345 and he also has a career OPS of .765.

Out of their 114 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 99 times and been caught 15 times (13.2% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 98 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .978 (6th in KBO). The Giants have recorded 1,154 assists, 97 errors and have accumulated 3,253 putouts so far this season.

The Lotte pitching staff have given up 600 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.50 (542 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 105 HR's and they relinquish 4.98 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.438 and have a FIP of 4.98 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.22 (1,004 strikeouts vs 453 free passes). They rank 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,106.

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

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

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