Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 5/15/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (-128) Kia (+106)

Gwangju Kia Champions Field is the venue where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Kia Tigers (18-21, 7th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (24-17, 3rd in KBO) on Thursday, May 15, 2025. The odds on this game have the Giants coming in at -128 and the Tigers are at +106. The over/under opens at 8.5.

As a unit, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which ranks them 4th in KBO. They have racked up 207 runs scored and hold an OBP of .358. The Giants have accounted for 81 doubles as a squad and have knocked 24 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 196 runs batted in in addition to 420 hits this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .284. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .400 and have been rung up 265 times, while taking a walk on 152 occasions.

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Seung Yeup Na is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. For his pro baseball career, Na has hit 16 balls out of the park while driving in 106 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .439 and he has racked up 295 bases. For his time in the league, he came to bat 798 times and has come through with a base hit 191 times. He has been struck out 141 times and has gotten a free base on 109 occasions, which contributes in part to a .384 on-base %. Na has hit .284 for his career in baseball, with 95 runs scored and an OPS of .823.

The Giants have swiped 32 bags and have been caught 6 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 15.8%. The Lotte Giants have earned 1,143 putouts thus far, as well as 409 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .980 which has them sitting 7th in Korean baseball and they have turned 31 double plays.

The Giants have compiled a team ERA of 4.46 on the campaign (7th in the league), and the staff has struck out 361 hitters. Giants pitchers have conceded 35 home runs and 209 runs (2nd in KBO). Lotte has relinquished 371 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 189 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.01 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.45.

The Tigers have a team SLG% of .374 and they are recording 4.69 runs per contest (6th in baseball). They have hit 77 two-baggers, while getting a free base 178 times and scoring 183 runs. Kia has hit 31 home runs so far this season and 172 runs batted in. They have struck out on 294 occasions (8th in the league) and have notched a total of 313 base knocks. The Kia Tigers have tallied a team on-base percentage of .334 as well as a batting average of .241 this season.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who can be a difference maker for Kia. In the 8,005 at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has accrued an average at the plate of .310 in addition to 2,480 base knocks. He has gone yard 401 times, with 4,248 bases in total and also a .531 slugging percentage. Choi has earned a walk 1,148 times while fanning on 1,429 plate appearances. He is sitting with 1,309 runs and racked up 1,674 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .400 and he has a career OPS of .931.

The Kia Tigers have turned 30 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (5th in KBO). The Tigers have accrued 395 assists, 28 errors and have earned 1,026 putouts on the season. In their 48 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 37 times and been caught 11 times (22.9% caught stealing rate).

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.488 and have a FIP of 5.26 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.86 (285 strikeouts vs 153 free passes). They sit at 4th in KBO as a staff in total hits surrendered with 356. They have conceded 23 long balls and they surrender 5.26 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO). The Kia pitching staff have given up 200 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.66 (177 earned runs given up).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kia (+106)

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