Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/27/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: MS-T

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

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Lewin Diaz and the Samsung Lions (25-26, 8th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (30-20, 2nd in KBO) on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The Lions open this game at +110 while the Giants are coming in at -130. The O/U has been set at 8.

The Giants have accumulated 97 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 31 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .402 and have struck out 345 times, while drawing a walk on 188 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are compiling 5.2 runs/g, which ranks them 3rd in KBO. They have accounted for 260 runs batted in as well as 533 base knocks this season, and their team batting average sits at .289. They have a total of 275 runs scored while having a team OBP of .362.

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Jun-woo Jeon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Jeon has earned a batting average of .299 for his baseball career, in addition to 1,077 runs scored and an OPS of .828. He has been struck out 1,118 times and has gotten a free base on 623 occasions, contributing to a .364 OBP. In his career, Jeon has drilled 216 balls out of the park while knocking in 997 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .464 and he has racked up 3,089 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 7,479 times and got on base with a base hit 1,990 times.

The Giants have stolen 37 bases and have been gunned down 17 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 31.5%. The Lotte Giants have accounted for 1,309 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 440 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .979 which has them sitting 7th in the league and they have turned 39 double plays.

The Giants have an earned run average of 4.65 over the course of the season (9th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 430 batters. Giants pitchers have allowed 46 home runs and also 269 runs (2nd in KBO). Lotte has given up 469 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 244 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.94 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The Samsung Lions have tallied an OBP of .353 as well as a batting average of .268 so far this season. They have been rung up on 416 occasions (4th in baseball) and have notched a total of 473 base knocks. Samsung is sitting with 58 long balls for the year to go along with 263 RBIs. The Lions have a team slugging % of .422 and they average 5.50 runs per outing (2nd in KBO). They have put up 85 doubles, while getting a free base 214 times as well as notching 286 runs.

Lewin Diaz is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Diaz has drawn a walk 358 times while being called out on strikes on 848 chances. His on-base percentage sits at .327 and he has earned a lifetime OPS of .791. During the 3,993 at-bats in his pro career, Diaz has compiled an average at the plate of .263 with 1,052 hits. He is sitting with 523 runs and notched 675 RBIs. He has gone deep 183 times, as well as 1,853 total bases and a .464 slugging %.

In their 45 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 34 times and been caught 11 times (24.4% caught stealing percentage). The Samsung Lions have turned 37 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (2nd in the league). The Lions have recorded 456 assists, 25 errors and have amassed 1,332 putouts for the year.

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.342 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.44 as a pitching staff on the season. They are currently ranked 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 452. The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 228 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.19 (215 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.32 (390 strikeouts against 168 free passes). They have given up 43 long balls and they allow 4.44 runs per 9 innings (5th in KBO).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (+110)

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