Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 6/22/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (+125) Lotte (-145)

Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (38-33, 4th in KBO) head to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Sunday, June 22, 2025, where they'll take on the Lotte Giants (39-31, 3rd in KBO). The line on this matchup has the Lions priced at +125 and the Giants are at -145. The O/U is set at 8.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are compiling 5.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 1st in KBO. They have tallied 388 runs scored and have an OBP of .351. The Lions have accounted for 118 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 81 balls out of the park. They have accrued 358 RBI's as well as 662 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .270. Samsung is slugging .423 and have struck out 573 times, while getting the free base on 280 occasions.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. In his pro baseball career, Koo has hit 179 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 836 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 5,610 times and got on base with a hit 1,569 times. Koo has recorded a batting average of .316 for his career, with 929 runs scored and an OPS of .894. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .511 and he has racked up 2,537 bases. He has struck out 961 times and earned a walk on 509 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .383 on-base %.

The Samsung Lions have a total of 1,861 putouts on the year, in addition to 640 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .985 which has them ranked 1st in the league and have accumulated 42 double plays. The Lions have swiped 42 bases and have been caught 17 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 28.8%.

The Lions have an earned run average of 4.12 this season (5th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 543 hitters. Samsung has surrendered 643 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 293 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.47 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.35. Lions pitchers have given up 61 home runs and 316 runs in total (6th in KBO).

The Giants have a team SLG% of .397 and they average 5.00 runs per game (3rd in KBO). They have put up 133 doubles, while taking a walk 261 times as well as putting up 365 runs. Lotte has accounted for 42 home runs for the year as well as 342 RBIs. They have been rung up on 508 occasions (10th in the league) and have tallied 721 base hits. The Lotte Giants have accounted for a team OBP of .358 in addition to a team batting average of .285 this season.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. During the 5,384 official at-bats in his professional career, Reyes has compiled an average at the plate of .298 in addition to having 1,605 hits. He has gone deep 90 times, as well as 2,258 total bases and also a .419 slugging %. Reyes has tallied a walk 368 times while striking out on 1,006 chances. He has recorded 760 runs in addition to having earned 724 runs batted in. His OBP sits at .343 and he has earned a career OPS of .762.

The Lotte Giants have turned 55 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in the league). The Giants have accrued 672 assists, 55 errors and have earned a total of 1,865 putouts so far this season. In their 61 tries at stealing a base, they got to the bag before the ball 52 times and been caught 9 times (14.8% caught stealing percentage).

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.464 and have a FIP of 5.18 as a staff this season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.07 (589 strikeouts against 285 walks). They rank 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 664. They have surrendered 64 homers and they surrender 5.18 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 373 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.76 (343 earned runs relinquished).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Lotte (-145) and under the total runs

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