Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/16/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, May 16, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Lewin Diaz and the Samsung Lions (20-22, 5th in KBO) are headed to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Friday, May 16, 2025, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (25-17, 3rd in KBO). The Giants open this contest at -150 while the Lions are priced at +125. The O/U is set at 8.5.

The Lions have recorded 64 two-baggers as a team and have hit 53 balls out of the stadium. Samsung is slugging .426 and have struck out 343 times, while being walked on 176 occasions. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.4 runs per game, which is 2nd in baseball. They have 210 runs batted in and 392 hits for the year, and their batting average is sitting at .268. They have 230 runs and have an OBP of .352.

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Lewin Diaz is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. For his career, Diaz has hit 182 balls out of the park while knocking in 664 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .464 and he has a total of 1,836 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to bat 4,402 times and also came through with a base hit 1,040 times. He has struck out 839 times and has walked on 355 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .327 on-base percentage. Diaz has an average at the plate of .263 in his time in baseball, with 518 runs scored and an OPS of .791.

The Samsung Lions are sitting with 1,146 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 383 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .986 which ranks 2nd in KBO and have accumulated 32 double plays. The Lions have stolen 30 bases and have been thrown out 10 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 25.0%.

The Lions are sitting with a team ERA of 4.29 for the season (6th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 321 batters. Samsung has given up 376 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and also 182 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 2.29 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.35. Lions pitchers have conceded 38 home runs and also 192 runs (6th in KBO).

Lotte has compiled 25 home runs this year in addition to 200 RBIs. The have tallied 82 doubles, while getting a free base 157 times as well as scoring 211 runs. The Lotte Giants have an OBP of .359 as well as a team batting average of .285 this year. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .401 and they are earning 4.80 runs per game (5th in KBO). They have been rung up on 274 instances (10th in KBO) and have 431 base hits.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Jeon has earned a free base 623 times while going down on strikes on 1,109 occasions. His on-base percentage is .365 and he has earned a career OPS of .830. Over the course of the 6,612 at-bats in his baseball career, Jeon has hit .299 in addition to having 1,980 base hits. He has amassed 1,072 runs in addition to having 995 RBIs. He has homered 216 times, with 3,076 total bases and also a .465 slugging %.

In their 38 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 32 times and been caught 6 times (15.8% caught stealing percentage). The Lotte Giants have turned 32 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (7th in KBO). The Giants have recorded 414 assists, 32 errors and are sitting with 1,170 putouts for the year.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.436 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.82 as a squad over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.03 (368 strikeouts vs 181 walks). They sit at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 379. They have relinquished 35 home runs and they allow 4.82 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have given up 209 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.36 (189 earned runs surrendered).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

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

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