Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/15/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, August 15, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (+132) Lotte (-160)

Victor Reyes and the Lotte Giants (58-49, 3rd in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (51-56, 8th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Friday, August 15, 2025. The line on this game has the Lions coming in at +132 and the Giants are at -160. The over/under opens at 9.

Samsung is slugging .415 and have struck out 823 times, while taking a walk on 403 occasions. They have accumulated 508 runs batted in as well as 975 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average comes in at .267. The Lions have accounted for 172 doubles as a unit and have hit 117 balls out of the park. They have a total of 547 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .346. As a squad, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.1 runs per game, which puts them at 2nd in baseball.

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Ja Wook Koo is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In his career, Koo has drilled 180 balls out of the park while driving in 849 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he faced a pitcher 5,766 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,614 times. Koo has compiled an average at the plate of .317 in his time in baseball, with 953 scored runs and an OPS of .895. His slugging percentage sits at .510 and he has totaled 2,598 bases. He has been struck out 982 times and earned a walk on 528 occasions, contributing to a .385 OBP.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for 2,840 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,031 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which has them sitting 2nd in Korean baseball and have earned 86 double plays. The Lions have stolen 79 bases and have been caught 20 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 20.2%.

The Lions are sitting with a team ERA of 4.18 for the year (6th in KBO), and they have rung up 792 hitters. Lions pitchers have allowed 98 long balls and also 484 runs in total (7th in the league). Samsung has yielded 949 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) as well as 439 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.41 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.35.

The Lotte Giants have compiled a team on-base percentage of .349 as well as a batting average of .273 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 747 occasions (10th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,022 hits. Lotte has recorded 55 home runs over the course of the season in addition to 488 runs batted in. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .377 and they are earning 4.73 runs per contest (5th in KBO). They have recorded 186 doubles, while walking 396 times and recording 520 runs.

Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has drawn a walk 385 times while striking out on 1,020 chances. His OBP sits at .344 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .763. During the 5,522 at-bats in his career, Reyes has earned a batting average of .298 in addition to 1,645 base hits. He has compiled 775 runs and also has 748 RBIs. He has homered 92 times, in addition to having 2,314 bases in total and also a .419 slugging percentage.

The Lotte Giants have turned 90 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in the league). The Giants have recorded 1,038 assists, 84 errors and have earned 2,927 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 102 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 88 times and been caught 14 times (13.7% caught stealing rate).

The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 532 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.48 (485 earned runs relinquished). They have surrendered 91 home runs and they surrender 4.91 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.441 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.91 as a unit for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.20 (904 strikeouts vs 410 walks). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 995.

Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (+132)

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