KT Wiz vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/16/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs LG Twins

Date: Friday, May 16, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: KT (+125) LG (-150)

Sung-Woo Jang and the KT Wiz (19-21, 6th in KBO) go to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Friday, May 16, 2025, where they'll meet the LG Twins (28-14, 1st in KBO). The Twins open this game at -150 while the Wiz are coming in at +125. The total has been set at 8.

KT is slugging .350 and have been called out on strikes 315 times, while being walked on 165 occasions. They have amassed 151 RBI's in addition to 349 hits for the year, and their batting average is sitting at .243. The Wiz have compiled 60 two-baggers as a team and have hit 27 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 161 runs and have an on-base percentage of .325. As a team, the KT Wiz are notching 3.7 runs per game, which puts them at 10th in baseball.

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Sung-Woo Jang is a batter who can be a difference maker for KT. Jang has accrued an average at the plate of .256 for his baseball career, in addition to 374 runs scored and an OPS of .740. He has fanned 769 times and has been walked on 441 occasions, contributing to a .335 on-base percentage. For his career, Jang has hit 110 balls out of the park while driving in 547 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .385 and he has racked up 1,389 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 4,161 times and has notched a base hit 923 times.

The Wiz have stolen 46 bags and have been thrown out 15 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 24.6%. The KT Wiz have accumulated 1,164 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 445 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which ranks 4th in the league and they have turned 29 double plays.

The Wiz have a team earned run average of 3.18 so far this season (3rd in KBO), and the staff has rung up 337 batters. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 29 home runs in addition to 157 runs in total (8th in baseball). KT has given up 350 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 137 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.41 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.26.

The Twins hold a team slugging percentage of .403 and they average 5.57 runs per game (1st in the league). They have notched 63 two-baggers, while taking a walk 194 times and putting up 234 runs. LG has hit 40 home runs so far this year in addition to 216 runs batted in. They have struck out on 307 instances (7th in the league) and have a total of 368 base knocks. The LG Twins are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .361 and a batting average of .265 so far this season.

Chang-ki Hong is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for LG. Hong has earned a free base 494 times while being called out on strikes on 526 plate appearances. He has a total of 528 runs and notched 316 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .430 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .829. He has hit a home run 20 times, with 1,086 bases in total and a .399 slugging percentage. During the 2,720 at-bats in his pro career, Hong has accumulated a batting average of .311 in addition to having 847 hits.

The LG Twins have turned 39 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in Korean baseball). The Twins have recorded 407 assists, 15 errors and are sitting with 1,110 putouts so far this season. Out of their 28 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 22 times and been caught 6 times (21.4% caught stealing percentage).

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.176 and have a FIP of 3.24 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.40 (343 strikeouts against 143 bases on balls). They are sitting at 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 292. They have given up 27 homers and they relinquish 3.24 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The LG pitching staff have surrendered 133 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.14 (129 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT (+125)

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