Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/9/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Friday, May 9, 2025

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

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

Kyeong-min Ho and the KT Wiz (18-17, 5th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (21-16, 3rd in KBO) at Suwon KT Wiz Park on Friday, May 9, 2025. The line on this game has the Giants priced at -128 and the Wiz are at +106. The total opens at 8.

Lotte has a slugging rate of .400 and have struck out 240 times, while being walked on 129 occasions. They have accumulated 176 RBI's as well as 371 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate sits at .283. The Giants have accrued 73 doubles as a team and have hit 21 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 185 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .355. As a team, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.9 runs per game, which has them at 3rd in KBO.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. Jeon has earned a batting average of .299 for his time in baseball, with 1,067 scored runs and an OPS of .829. He has gone down on strikes 1,105 times and has gotten a free base on 618 at-bats, contributing to a .364 on-base %. For his professional baseball career, Jeon has hit 215 baseballs over the fence while knocking in 990 runs. His slugging percentage is .465 and he has a total of 3,063 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 7,408 times and has come through with a base hit 1,972 times.

The Lotte Giants have accumulated 1,011 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 359 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .979 which has them ranked 6th in KBO and they have turned 22 double plays. The Giants have stolen 29 bags and have been caught 5 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 14.7%.

The Giants are sitting with a team ERA of 4.75 this year (8th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 320 hitters. Lotte has given up 332 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 178 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.96 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.47. Giants pitchers have yielded 33 home runs and 196 runs in total (2nd in the league).

KT is sitting with 21 home runs on the campaign as well as 137 RBIs. They have hit 53 two-baggers, while getting a free base 149 times and racking up 146 runs. The KT Wiz hold an OBP of .330 as well as a batting average of .244 over the course of the season. The Wiz have a team SLG% of .346 and they score 3.95 runs per outing (8th in KBO). They have been rung up on 269 occasions (6th in baseball) and have accounted for 301 hits.

Kyeong-min Ho is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Ho has drawn a walk 419 times while fanning on 454 tries. He has accumulated 774 runs in addition to having 644 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .358 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .746. He has gone deep 61 times, with 2,004 total bases and also a .388 slugging %. For the 5,168 official at-bats in his pro career, Ho is sitting with a batting avereage of .293 in addition to 1,514 base knocks.

The KT Wiz have turned 22 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (3rd in the league). The Wiz have accrued 377 assists, 20 errors and have 1,005 putouts on the season. In their 56 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 42 times and been caught 14 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage).

The KT pitching staff have given up 123 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 2.90 (108 earned runs surrendered). They have given up 23 homers and they surrender 3.30 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.206 and have a FIP of 3.30 as a squad so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.73 (298 strikeouts vs 109 walks). They sit at 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 295.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take KT (+106) and under the total runs

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