KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/28/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants

Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Sung-Woo Jang and the KT Wiz (59-58, 6th in KBO) travel to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Thursday, August 28, 2025, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (60-57, 4th in KBO). The Wiz open this game at +132 while the Giants are priced at -160. The O/U opens at 8.

The Wiz have earned 180 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 81 balls out of the stadium. KT is slugging .365 and have struck out 862 times, while being walked on 452 occasions. As a unit, the KT Wiz are knocking in 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 8th in the league. They have accrued 497 runs batted in and 1,031 hits so far this year, while their batting average is .254. They have a total of 524 runs while holding a team OBP of .335.

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Sung-Woo Jang is a hitter who can be a difference maker for KT. For his career, Jang has hit 115 balls out of the park while driving in 559 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .389 and he has racked up 1,434 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 4,242 times and has reached base with a base hit 949 times. He has struck out 765 times and has walked on 445 occasions, which has contributed to a .336 OBP. Jang is sitting with a batting avereage of .257 for his time in baseball, in addition to 386 scored runs and an OPS of .725.

The KT Wiz are sitting with 3,212 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,227 assists and 85 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .981 which puts them in 5th in KBO and have accumulated 89 double plays. The Wiz have swiped 116 bases and have been thrown out 28 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 19.4%.

The Wiz hold a team earned run average of 3.94 on the season (4th in the league), and they have rung up 885 hitters. KT has conceded 1,121 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 469 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.40 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.39. Wiz pitchers have surrendered 87 long balls in addition to 534 runs in total (7th in the league).

The Lotte Giants have a team on-base percentage of .348 in addition to a batting average of .270 so far this year. They have struck out on 847 occasions (9th in KBO) and have totaled 1,128 hits. Lotte has recorded 61 long balls on the campaign as well as 536 runs batted in. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .374 and they are earning 4.72 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have recorded 208 doubles, while getting a free base 446 times as well as racking up 576 runs.

Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has drawn a walk 642 times while being called out on strikes on 1,149 occasions. He has accumulated 1,100 runs and also has 1,034 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .364 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .827. He has hit a home run 220 times, with 3,168 total bases and also a .463 slugging %. During the 6,837 official at-bats in his career, Jeon has hit .299 with 2,044 hits.

In their 114 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 99 times and been caught 15 times (13.2% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 98 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .978 (6th in KBO). The Giants have recorded 1,154 assists, 97 errors and have a total of 3,253 putouts over the course of the season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.438 in addition to having a FIP of 4.98 as a team on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.22 (1,004 strikeouts against 453 free passes). They rank 3rd in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,106. They have relinquished 105 homers and they allow 4.98 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have given up 600 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.50 (542 earned runs surrendered).

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take KT (+132)

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