KT Wiz vs LG Twins Prediction, 5/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs LG Twins

Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: KT (+150) LG (-182)

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the venue where Bo Gyeong Moon and the LG Twins (29-14, 1st in KBO) will take on the KT Wiz (19-22, 9th in KBO) on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The Wiz open this matchup at +150 while the Twins are coming in at -182. The O/U opens at 8.

The Wiz have recorded 60 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 27 balls out of the park. KT has a slugging % of .346 and have struck out 318 times, while taking a walk on 169 occasions. As a unit, the KT Wiz are scoring 3.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in KBO. They have accounted for 151 runs batted in in addition to 353 hits for the year, and their batting average is at .240. They have 161 runs and hold an OBP of .323.

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Min Hyuck Kim is a hitter who should impact this game for KT. Kim has recorded a batting average of .295 for his career, in addition to 332 runs scored and an OPS of .710. He has gone down on strikes 336 times and has been walked on 204 occasions, contributing to a .356 on-base percentage. In his career, Kim has hit 10 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 201 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .354 and he has a total of 825 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 2,627 times and has delivered with a base hit 687 times.

The Wiz have swiped 48 bags and have been thrown out 15 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 23.8%. The KT Wiz have amassed 1,188 putouts thus far, as well as 451 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which is 4th in the league and have accumulated 30 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.42 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 29 home runs in addition to 170 total runs (8th in baseball). KT has surrendered 363 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 149 earned runs. The Wiz have compiled a team ERA of 3.39 on the year (3rd in KBO), and their staff has struck out 346 hitters.

The Twins have a team slugging % of .405 and they are recording 5.58 runs per outing (1st in the league). They hit 64 two-baggers, while walking 198 times and putting up 240 runs. LG has a total of 42 long balls this season to go along with 222 runs batted in. They have struck out on 312 instances (7th in the league) and have accounted for 376 base hits. The LG Twins hold an OBP of .362 and a batting average of .265 for the year.

Bo Gyeong Moon is a hitter who should impact this game for LG. Moon has drawn a walk 242 times while going down on strikes on 346 tries. His on-base percentage comes in at .374 and he has a career OPS of .833. During the 1,829 at-bats in his pro career, Moon is sitting with a batting avereage of .294 with 538 base hits. He has a total of 276 runs and also has 302 runs batted in. He has gone yard 57 times, in addition to having 839 total bases and also a .459 slugging %.

Out of their 29 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 23 times and been caught 6 times (20.7% caught stealing rate). The LG Twins have turned 40 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .989 (1st in Korean baseball). The Twins have accrued 413 assists, 17 errors and have a tally of 1,137 putouts on the season.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.164 and have a FIP of 3.21 as a unit over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.46 (352 strikeouts against 143 bases on balls). They are sitting at 10th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 298. They have surrendered 27 homers and they relinquish 3.21 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The LG pitching staff have surrendered 135 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.09 (130 earned runs surrendered).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT (+150)

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