Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/20/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Kiwoom Heroes vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Kiwoom (+132) Lotte (-160)

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (64-65, 6th in KBO) play the Kiwoom Heroes (46-87, 10th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The Heroes open this matchup at +132 while the Giants are coming in at -160. The O/U is set at 8.5.

As a squad, the Kiwoom Heroes are earning 4.1 runs per game, which puts them at 10th in the league. They have notched a total of 556 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .313. The Heroes have hit 206 doubles as a unit and have knocked 99 balls out of the park. They have tallied 517 runs batted in as well as 1,150 hits so far this year, while their batting average is sitting at .245. Kiwoom owns a slugging percentage of .360 and have been called out on strikes 1,162 times, while being walked on 420 occasions.

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Joo Hwan Choi is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. For his career, Choi has drilled 140 baseballs out of the park while driving in 752 runs. For his career, he stepped up to bat 5,306 times and has notched a hit 1,298 times. Choi has recorded a batting average of .276 for his time in baseball, in addition to 607 scored runs and an OPS of .777. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .433 and he has totaled 2,034 bases. He has fanned 757 times and has been walked on 451 occasions, which has contributed to a .344 on-base percentage.

The Kiwoom Heroes have accumulated 3,625 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,249 assists and 110 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .978 which puts them in 7th in Korean baseball and have a total of 107 double plays. The Heroes have swiped 102 bases and have been thrown out 49 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 32.5%.

The Heroes have a team earned run average of 5.45 so far this season (10th in KBO), and they have rung up 885 batters. Heroes pitchers have allowed 141 long balls and 823 runs in total (1st in baseball). Kiwoom has conceded 1,383 base hits (10.3 per 9 innings) and 732 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.70 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.58.

The Lotte Giants have an OBP of .348 in addition to a batting average of .269 this year. They have struck out on 964 occasions (9th in KBO) and have 1,244 base hits. Lotte has 68 HRs this season as well as 589 runs batted in. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .373 and they are earning 4.68 runs per outing (6th in the league). The have tallied 232 doubles, while getting a free base 500 times as well as putting up 632 runs.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has drawn a walk 642 times while fanning on 1,149 tries. He has a total of 1,100 runs in addition to having earned 1,034 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .364 and he has a career OPS of .827. He has hit a home run 220 times, with 3,168 total bases and also a .463 slugging percentage. During the 6,837 at-bats in his professional career, Jeon has accrued an average at the plate of .299 and has racked up 2,044 hits.

Of their 123 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 101 times and been caught 22 times (17.9% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 109 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in KBO). The Giants have 1,290 assists, 106 errors and have accumulated 3,605 putouts on the campaign.

The Lotte pitching staff have given up 687 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.63 (618 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 122 long balls and they relinquish 5.15 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.464 in addition to having a FIP of 5.15 as a staff over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.19 (1,111 strikeouts against 507 walks). They come in at 3rd in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,252.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (-160)

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