Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/18/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, May 18, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MS-T

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

Seung Yeup Na and the Lotte Giants (25-18, 3rd in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (21-22, 4th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Sunday, May 18, 2025. The line on this matchup has the Lions priced at +110 and the Giants are at -130. The over/under has been set at 9.

Samsung has a slugging percentage of .430 and have struck out 352 times, while drawing a walk on 179 occasions. They have earned 222 runs batted in as well as 405 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is at .271. The Lions have hit 69 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 53 balls out of the stadium. They have 243 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .354. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.5 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball.

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Jae Hyeon Lee is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. Lee has accrued an average at the plate of .247 for his career, with 183 runs scored and an OPS of .715. He has fanned 262 times and has taken a walk on 146 occasions, contributing to a .334 on-base %. For his career, Lee has hit 37 balls out of the park while knocking in 170 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .381 and he has a total of 467 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 1,422 times and has delivered with a hit 303 times.

The Lions have swiped 30 bases and have been thrown out 10 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 25.0%. The Samsung Lions have 1,173 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 397 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding rate is at .987 which has them sitting 2nd in KBO and have a total of 32 double plays.

They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.25 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.34. Lions pitchers have conceded 38 long balls in addition to 192 total runs (6th in the league). Samsung has yielded 380 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 182 earned runs. The Lions have an earned run average of 4.19 on the campaign (5th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 324 hitters.

The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .401 and they score 4.82 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have hit 84 two-baggers, while getting a free base 158 times as well as recording 217 runs. Lotte has compiled 26 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 206 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 285 occasions (10th in the league) and have earned a total of 440 hits. The Lotte Giants hold a team OBP of .357 and a batting average of .285 this year.

Seung Yeup Na is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. Na has tallied a free base 109 times while fanning on 146 occasions. He has compiled 96 runs and notched 107 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .383 and he holds a career OPS of .819. He has gone yard 16 times, in addition to having 297 total bases and a .436 slugging percentage. In the 681 at-bats in his pro career, Na has compiled an average at the plate of .283 and has racked up 193 base hits.

In their 39 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 33 times and been caught 6 times (15.4% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 33 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .981 (7th in Korean baseball). The Giants have recorded 421 assists, 32 errors and are sitting with 1,194 putouts on the campaign.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.442 and have a FIP of 4.88 as a staff this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.03 (372 strikeouts vs 183 walks). They sit at 2nd in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 391. They have relinquished 36 dingers and they allow 4.88 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have given up 216 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.43 (196 earned runs allowed).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Lotte (-130) and under the total runs

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