Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/28/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (25-26, 8th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (30-20, 2nd in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The Giants open this matchup at -130 while the Lions are coming in at +110. The over/under opens at 9.

The Giants have compiled 97 doubles as a unit and have hit 31 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .402 and have struck out 345 times, while getting the free base on 188 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are earning 5.2 runs per contest, which ranks them 3rd in the league. They have accounted for 260 runs batted in in addition to 533 hits so far this year, while their team batting average is .289. They have racked up 275 runs while holding a team OBP of .362.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his professional baseball career, Reyes has hit 87 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 709 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .416 in addition to racking up 2,211 bases. For his time in baseball, he faced a pitcher 5,775 times and has come through with a hit 1,573 times. He has been struck out 996 times and has gotten a free base on 359 occasions, which contributes in part to a .341 on-base %. Reyes has compiled an average at the plate of .296 in his time in baseball, in addition to 746 runs scored and an OPS of .757.

The Giants have stolen 37 bases and have been thrown out 17 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 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 rate is holding at .979 which ranks 7th in KBO and have a total of 39 double plays.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.65 on the campaign (9th in the league), and their staff has struck out 430 batters. Giants pitchers have given up 46 home runs and 269 total runs (2nd in baseball). Lotte has conceded 469 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 244 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.94 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46.

The Lions have a team SLG% of .422 and they are earning 5.50 runs per game (2nd in the league). The have tallied 85 doubles, while getting a free base 214 times as well as scoring 286 runs. Samsung has recorded 58 long balls on the season to go along with 263 RBIs. They have struck out on 416 instances (4th in KBO) and have 473 base hits. The Samsung Lions are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .353 in addition to a batting average of .268 this year.

Ja Wook Koo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. During the 4,891 at-bats in his career, Koo has earned a batting average of .316 and has racked up 1,544 base knocks. He has gone yard 176 times, with 2,498 total bases and also a .511 slugging percentage. Koo has tallied a walk 504 times while going down on strikes on 945 attempts. He has recorded 919 runs and racked up 820 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .383 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .894.

Out of their 45 tries 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 have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (2nd in Korean baseball). The Lions have recorded 456 assists, 25 errors and have earned 1,332 putouts over the course of the season.

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.342 in addition to having a FIP of 4.44 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.32 (390 strikeouts vs 168 bases on balls). They come in at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 452. They have given up 43 long balls and they allow 4.44 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Samsung pitching staff have relinquished 228 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.19 (215 earned runs surrendered).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

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

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