Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/23/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Friday, May 23, 2025

Location: Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+110) Hanwha (-130)

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (28-19, 3rd in KBO) head to Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on Friday, May 23, 2025, where they'll meet the Hanwha Eagles (29-19, 2nd in KBO). The Eagles open this matchup at -130 while the Giants are coming in at +110. The total opens at 8.

As a unit, the Lotte Giants are recording 5.1 runs per contest, which has them at 3rd in KBO. They are sitting with 254 runs while holding a team OBP of .362. The Giants have accumulated 95 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 30 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 240 RBI's as well as 501 hits on the year, and their batting average is at .289. Lotte has a slugging % of .406 and have been rung up 321 times, while being walked on 179 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Jeon has recorded a batting average of .299 for his career, in addition to 1,075 scored runs and an OPS of .828. He has gone down on strikes 1,114 times and earned a walk on 623 occasions, contributing to a .364 on-base percentage. In his professional baseball career, Jeon has drilled 216 balls out of the park while knocking in 995 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .464 and he has a total of 3,083 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he came to bat 7,465 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,985 times.

The Giants have swiped 35 bases and have been caught 7 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage comes in at 16.7%. The Lotte Giants have accounted for 1,335 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 478 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .980 which has them sitting 6th in the league and have accumulated 41 double plays.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.71 for the year (8th in the league), and they have rung up 409 hitters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 42 home runs and 255 total runs (2nd in baseball). Lotte has yielded 442 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 233 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.90 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.48.

Hanwha has a total of 35 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 192 runs batted in. They have put up 83 doubles, while taking a walk 142 times and earning 203 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have tallied a team on-base percentage of .319 in addition to a batting average of .249 for the season. The Eagles have a team slugging % of .376 and they average 4.23 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 371 occasions (5th in the league) and have 398 hits.

Si Hwan Roh is a hitter who should impact this game for Hanwha. Noh has earned a free base 318 times while fanning on 681 plate appearances. His OBP comes in at .351 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .791. In the 2,558 official at-bats in his career, Noh has accrued an average at the plate of .264 with 676 hits. He has scored 380 runs in addition to having 420 RBIs. He has hit it out of the park 102 times, with 1,125 bases in total and also a .440 slugging percentage.

In their 40 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 28 times and been caught 12 times (30.0% caught stealing percentage). The Hanwha Eagles have turned 28 double plays and have a fielding rate of .986 (3rd in Korean baseball). The Eagles have 461 assists, 25 errors and have earned a total of 1,284 putouts on the campaign.

The Hanwha pitching staff have yielded 168 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.22 (153 earned runs yielded). They have given up 33 long balls and they yield 3.53 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.217 in addition to having a FIP of 3.53 as a pitching staff on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.80 (437 strikeouts vs 156 free passes). They come in at 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 365.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Hanwha (-130) and under the total runs

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