Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/19/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (-196) Lotte (+162)

Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (37-30, 3rd in KBO) play the Hanwha Eagles (41-27, 1st in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, June 19, 2025. The Giants open this game at +162 while the Eagles are coming in at -196. The over/under opens at 9.

Hanwha is slugging .382 and have been called out on strikes 521 times, while drawing a walk on 207 occasions. They have compiled 286 runs batted in and 592 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average sits at .255. The Eagles have hit 118 two-baggers as a team and have hit 52 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 308 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 7th in KBO.

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Eun Seong Chae is a hitter who should impact this game for Hanwha. For his pro baseball career, Chae has drilled 149 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 798 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 5,118 times and has come through with a base knock 1,319 times. Chae has accumulated a batting average of .290 for his career, with 598 runs scored and an OPS of .801. His career slugging percentage is .446 in addition to having tallied 2,028 bases. He has struck out 863 times and has gotten a free base on 357 at-bats, contributing to a .355 OBP.

The Eagles have stolen 42 bases and have been thrown out 17 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 28.8%. The Hanwha Eagles have amassed 1,861 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 640 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which is 1st in Korean baseball and they have turned 42 double plays.

They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.86 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.24. Eagles pitchers have surrendered 49 home runs in addition to 257 runs (9th in the league). Hanwha has conceded 546 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 237 earned runs. The Eagles hold a team earned run average of 3.44 this season (1st in the league), and their staff has rung up 629 batters.

The Giants hold a slugging % of .398 and they score 5.07 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have recorded 127 two-baggers, while taking a walk 256 times as well as recording 355 runs. Lotte has a total of 41 home runs for the season in addition to 333 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 482 occasions (10th in the league) and have earned a total of 696 hits. The Lotte Giants are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .360 in addition to a team batting average of .286 so far this year.

Victor Reyes is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. During the 5,376 at-bats in his pro career, Reyes has compiled an average at the plate of .298 in addition to 1,604 base knocks. He has gone yard 90 times, with 2,257 total bases and a .420 slugging percentage. Reyes has tallied a walk 368 times while going down on strikes on 1,003 plate appearances. He has accumulated 760 runs and racked up 723 RBIs. His on-base percentage comes in at .344 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .764.

In their 61 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 52 times and been caught 9 times (14.8% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 55 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 672 assists, 55 errors and have a tally of 1,865 putouts for the year.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.476 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.23 as a pitching staff so far this season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.01 (559 strikeouts against 278 walks). They come in at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 639. They have given up 63 home runs and they relinquish 5.23 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 361 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.82 (333 earned runs surrendered).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Hanwha (-196)

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