Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, April 18, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+125) Samsung (-150)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Young Woong Kim and the Samsung Lions (10-10, 5th in KBO) will play the Lotte Giants (10-10, 4th in KBO) on Friday, April 18, 2025. The Giants open this matchup at +125 while the Lions are priced at -150. The O/U has been set at 8.

The Giants have accumulated 38 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 8 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging rate of .373 and have been called out on strikes 147 times, while drawing a walk on 78 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 7th in the league. They have accrued 86 RBI's as well as 199 base knocks so far this season, while their average at the plate is .278. They have earned 90 runs and have an OBP of .356.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Jeon has hit .299 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,057 runs scored and an OPS of .829. He has been struck out 1,096 times and has gotten a free base on 608 at-bats, contributing to a .364 on-base percentage. For his professional baseball career, Jeon has slapped 214 baseballs out of the park while driving in 982 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .465 and he has a total of 3,037 bases. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to bat 7,340 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,955 times.

The Giants have swiped 14 bags and have been caught 5 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 26.3%. The Lotte Giants have accumulated 558 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 187 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .970 which is 10th in KBO and have a total of 12 double plays.

The Giants have compiled a team ERA of 4.65 this year (8th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 180 batters. Lotte has conceded 184 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) and 96 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.98 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.48. Giants pitchers have given up 18 home runs in addition to 109 runs (2nd in the league).

The Lions have a team SLG% of .408 and they average 5.60 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have recorded 34 two-baggers, while taking a walk 72 times as well as putting up 112 runs. Samsung has recorded 21 home runs on the season to go along with 99 RBIs. They have struck out on 167 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have notched a total of 177 hits. The Samsung Lions have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .335 and a batting average of .258 for the season.

Young Woong Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. In the 638 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has compiled an average at the plate of .243 in addition to having 155 hits. He has hit the long ball 34 times, with 287 total bases and also a .450 slugging %. Kim has earned a walk 57 times while being called out on strikes on 213 chances. He is sitting with 86 runs in addition to having 106 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .305 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .755.

The Samsung Lions have turned 19 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have accrued 181 assists, 8 errors and have earned 531 putouts for the year. Of their 12 attempts at getting a steal, they have had success 9 times and been caught 3 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.356 and have a FIP of 4.47 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.11 (152 strikeouts against 72 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 6th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 168. They have allowed 14 long balls and they relinquish 4.47 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have yielded 88 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 4.27 (84 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung (-150) and under the total runs

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