Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/24/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Saturday, May 24, 2025

Location: Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+125) Hanwha (-145)

Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (29-19, 2nd in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (28-19, 3rd in KBO) at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark on Saturday, May 24, 2025. The odds on this game have the Giants priced at +125 and the Eagles are at -145. The total opens at 9.

The Giants have accounted for 95 doubles as a squad and have smacked 30 balls out of the stadium. Lotte is slugging .406 and have been called out on strikes 321 times, while getting the free base on 179 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 5.1 runs per outing, which is 3rd in KBO. They have accrued 240 RBI's as well as 501 hits for the season, while their average at the plate comes in at .289. They have tallied 254 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .362.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Reyes has hit 87 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 707 runs. In his time in the Majors, he faced a pitcher 5,756 times and also came through with a base hit 1,567 times. Reyes has recorded a batting average of .296 for his time in baseball, with 743 scored runs and an OPS of .758. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .417 and he has totaled 2,205 bases. He has been struck out 993 times and earned a walk on 359 occasions, contributing to a .341 on-base %.

The Lotte Giants have amassed 1,335 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 478 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .980 which has them sitting 6th in KBO and they have turned 41 double plays. The Giants have swiped 35 bases and have been thrown out 7 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 16.7%.

The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.71 this year (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 409 batters. Lotte has relinquished 442 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 233 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.90 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.48. Giants pitchers have yielded 42 long balls and 255 runs in total (2nd in baseball).

The Eagles hold a team slugging % of .376 and they are earning 4.23 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have recorded 83 two-baggers, while getting a free base 142 times as well as putting up 203 runs. Hanwha has accumulated 35 home runs for the season as well as 192 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 371 instances (5th in baseball) and have earned a total of 398 base knocks. The Hanwha Eagles have an on-base percentage of .319 as well as a team batting average of .249 this season.

Eun Seong Chae is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. For the 4,468 at-bats in his baseball career, Chae has a batting average of .290 with 1,295 hits. He has hit the long ball 142 times, as well as 1,980 total bases and also a .443 slugging %. Chae has earned a walk 351 times while fanning on 846 tries. He is sitting with 587 runs in addition to having earned 781 RBIs. His OBP comes in at .354 and he has a lifetime OPS of .797.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 28 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (3rd in KBO). The Eagles have recorded 461 assists, 25 errors and have accounted for 1,284 putouts this season. In their 40 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 28 times and been caught 12 times (30.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.217 and have a FIP of 3.53 as a unit for the year. They are sitting at 8th in KBO as a staff in total hits conceded with 365. The Hanwha pitching staff have allowed 168 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.22 (153 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.80 (437 strikeouts vs 156 free passes). They have conceded 33 dingers and they concede 3.53 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha (-145)

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