SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 8/9/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (+110) Lotte (-132)

Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (50-48, 5th in KBO) go to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, August 9, 2025, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (57-45, 3rd in KBO). The Landers open this contest at +110 while the Giants are priced at -132. The O/U is set at 8.

The Landers have accumulated 124 two-baggers as a team and have hit 73 balls out of the stadium. SSG owns a slugging percentage of .350 and have been called out on strikes 827 times, while being walked on 377 occasions. As a team, the SSG Landers are putting up 4.0 runs per contest, which has them at 9th in baseball. They have accrued 384 RBI's and 835 hits on the season, while their team batting average is .244. They have accumulated 409 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .324.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for SSG. Choi has earned a batting average of .273 for his baseball career, with 438 scored runs and an OPS of .709. He has fanned 422 times and earned a walk on 252 at-bats, contributing to a .336 OBP. For his professional baseball career, Choi has slapped 32 balls over the fence while knocking in 239 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .373 and he has racked up 1,057 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 3,181 times and has come through with a hit 773 times.

The Landers have stolen 78 bases and have been gunned down 31 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage sits at 28.4%. The SSG Landers have amassed 2,726 putouts this year, as well as 996 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .980 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have earned 95 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.30 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.31. Landers pitchers have relinquished 74 long balls and also 396 runs in total (9th in KBO). SSG has conceded 815 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 355 earned runs. The Landers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.52 for the year (2nd in the league), and their staff has struck out 857 batters.

The Giants have a slugging percentage of .382 and they score 4.83 runs per game (4th in KBO). They have 184 doubles, while taking a walk 377 times as well as notching 507 runs. Lotte has accumulated 53 long balls over the course of the season in addition to 475 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 715 occasions (10th in KBO) and have 991 hits. The Lotte Giants have accounted for a team OBP of .351 as well as a team batting average of .276 for the year.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. Over the course of the 6,837 at-bats in his career, Jeon has accrued an average at the plate of .299 and has racked up 2,044 base hits. He has hit a home run 220 times, with 3,168 bases in total and also a .463 slugging percentage. Jeon has drawn a free base 642 times while fanning on 1,149 attempts. He is sitting with 1,100 runs and has 1,034 RBIs. His on-base percentage is .364 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .827.

Of their 99 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 85 times and been caught 14 times (14.1% caught stealing rate). The Lotte Giants have turned 85 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (6th in Korean baseball). The Giants have racked up 991 assists, 81 errors and have a tally of 2,795 putouts on the campaign.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.448 in addition to having a FIP of 4.95 as a squad so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.21 (865 strikeouts against 392 free passes). They are sitting at 3rd in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 956. They have conceded 86 long balls and they allow 4.95 runs per 9 innings (8th in KBO). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 512 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 4.50 (466 earned runs allowed).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte (-132)

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