Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 9/26/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Friday, September 26, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-152) Lotte (+126)

Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (65-68, 7th in KBO) play the Samsung Lions (71-66, 4th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Friday, September 26, 2025. The Giants open this matchup at +126 while the Lions are priced at -152. The over/under opens at 8.5.

As a team, the Samsung Lions are recording 5.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in the league. They have earned 728 runs while having a team OBP of .351. The Lions have accounted for 224 doubles as a unit and have hit 153 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 683 runs batted in in addition to 1,260 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate comes in at .269. Samsung has a slugging percentage of .422 and have been called out on strikes 1,035 times, while getting the free base on 535 occasions.

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Lewin Diaz is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Diaz has slapped 213 baseballs over the fence while driving in 766 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .477 in addition to having tallied 2,061 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped up to bat 4,829 times and came through with a base base knock 1,153 times. He has been struck out 904 times and has taken a walk on 399 occasions, contributing to a .332 on-base %. Diaz has accumulated a batting average of .267 for his career in baseball, in addition to 581 scored runs and an OPS of .809.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for 3,676 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,354 assists and 83 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which has them sitting 1st in KBO and have 117 double plays. The Lions have stolen 105 bases and have been gunned down 26 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 19.8%.

The Lions have compiled a team ERA of 4.13 this year (5th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,005 hitters. Samsung has given up 1,218 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 562 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.30 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.35. Lions pitchers have conceded 126 home runs and 623 runs in total (7th in the league).

The Lotte Giants have an OBP of .350 as well as a batting average of .270 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 984 occasions (8th in KBO) and have totaled 1,283 base hits. Lotte has hit 72 HRs this season as well as 611 runs batted in. The Giants have a slugging percentage of .376 and they average 4.76 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have 236 doubles, while getting a free base 517 times and putting up 657 runs.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. In the 6,853 at-bats in his career, Jeon has hit .300 with 2,053 base knocks. He has gone yard 221 times, as well as 3,180 bases in total and also a .464 slugging percentage. Jeon has recorded a free base 644 times while going down on strikes on 1,151 chances. He has tallied 1,102 runs in addition to having 1,040 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .365 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .829.

Out of their 123 tries at getting a steal, they have had success 101 times and been caught 22 times (17.9% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 113 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in the league). The Giants have racked up 1,334 assists, 108 errors and have accounted for 3,710 putouts so far this year.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.480 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.22 as a pitching staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.15 (1,133 strikeouts vs 528 walks). They have a ranking of 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,302. They have allowed 126 long balls and they concede 5.22 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 717 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.71 (647 earned runs conceded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Lotte (+126) and under the total runs

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