Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/16/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

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

Seung Min Go and the Lotte Giants (58-49, 3rd in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (51-56, 8th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, August 16, 2025. The Lions open this game at +132 while the Giants are priced at -160. The O/U has been set at 8.

The Lions have tallied 172 two-baggers as a team and have hit 117 balls out of the park. Samsung is slugging .415 and have struck out 823 times, while getting the free base on 403 occasions. As a unit, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.1 runs per game, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have accrued 508 RBI's and 975 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is .267. They are sitting with 547 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .346.

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Jae Hyeon Lee is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Lee has earned a batting average of .246 in his time in baseball, with 209 runs scored and an OPS of .716. He has gone down on strikes 308 times and has been walked on 166 occasions, contributing to a .332 on-base %. For his career, Lee has slapped 43 baseballs out of the park while driving in 196 runs. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .384 in addition to racking up 543 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to the plate 1,649 times and has come through with a base knock 348 times.

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

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

Lotte has hit 55 home runs so far this year as well as 488 RBIs. They have 186 doubles, while walking 396 times and earning 520 runs. The Lotte Giants have accounted for an on-base percentage of .349 as well as a batting average of .273 on the year. The Giants have a team slugging % of .377 and they are earning 4.73 runs per outing (5th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 747 occasions (10th in baseball) and have accounted for 1,022 base hits.

Seung Min Go is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Go has earned a walk 157 times while fanning on 283 tries. He has a total of 214 runs in addition to having 184 runs batted in. His OBP comes in at .352 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .764. He has hit the long ball 26 times, with 593 bases in total and also a .412 slugging %. For the 1,441 at-bats in his professional career, Go has recorded a batting average of .284 in addition to having 409 hits.

The Lotte Giants have turned 90 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in Korean baseball). The Giants have 1,038 assists, 84 errors and have earned 2,927 putouts this year. Out of their 102 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 88 times and been caught 14 times (13.7% caught stealing rate).

The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 532 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.48 (485 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 91 HR's and they relinquish 4.91 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO). The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.441 and have a FIP of 4.91 as a staff this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.20 (904 strikeouts against 410 bases on balls). They come in at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 995.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (-160)

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