Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 5/29/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea
TV: SPO-2T
Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (-132) Samsung (+110)
Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Jae Hyeon Lee and the Samsung Lions (26-26, 6th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (30-21, 3rd in KBO) on Thursday, May 29, 2025. The Giants open this game at -132 while the Lions are priced at +110. The over/under is set at 8.
The Giants have accounted for 100 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 32 balls out of the stadium. Lotte owns a slugging percentage of .402 and have struck out 355 times, while getting the free base on 193 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 5.2 runs per game, which is 3rd in the league. They have earned 267 RBI's in addition to 543 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average sits at .289. They have accounted for 282 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .362.
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Seung Yeup Na is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. For his career, Na has hit 16 balls out of the park while driving in 107 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he faced a pitcher 839 times and came through with a base base hit 198 times. Na has accrued an average at the plate of .280 for his time in baseball, with 99 scored runs and an OPS of .808. His slugging percentage sits at .427 and he has accumulated 302 bases. He has gone down on strikes 149 times and has walked on 115 occasions, which has contributed to a .381 on-base percentage.
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The Lotte Giants have amassed 1,445 putouts this year, in addition to 517 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them sitting 5th in the league and have earned 45 double plays. The Giants have swiped 38 bases and have been caught 7 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 15.6%.
Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.92 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.47. Giants pitchers have relinquished 48 home runs and 277 runs in total (2nd in baseball). Lotte has allowed 481 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 252 earned runs. The Giants have an ERA of 4.71 so far this season (9th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 438 hitters.
Samsung has hit 60 home runs this season and 266 runs batted in. They have hit 85 two-baggers, while getting a free base 217 times and notching 289 runs. The Samsung Lions have compiled a team on-base percentage of .351 in addition to a batting average of .266 over the course of the season. The Lions have a team slugging percentage of .421 and they tally 5.45 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have struck out on 424 occasions (4th in baseball) and have totaled 477 base knocks.
Jae Hyeon Lee is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Over the course of the 1,250 at-bats in his career, Lee has an average at the plate of .248 in addition to 310 hits. He has hit the long ball 38 times, with 478 bases in total and also a .382 slugging %. Lee has drawn a free base 146 times while going down on strikes on 267 occasions. He is sitting with 186 runs in addition to having earned 173 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .333 and he holds a career OPS of .715.
The Samsung Lions have turned 37 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have racked up 478 assists, 27 errors and have a tally of 1,413 putouts for the year. Out of their 48 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 37 times and been caught 11 times (22.9% caught stealing percentage).
The Samsung pitching staff have allowed 230 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.15 (217 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 45 home runs and they allow 4.39 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.331 in addition to having a FIP of 4.39 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 2.38 (400 strikeouts vs 168 walks). They rank 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 459.
Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (+110)
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