Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/17/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants
Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (+110) Lotte (-132)
Eun Seong Chae and the Hanwha Eagles (6-9, 7th in KBO) are headed to Sajik Baseball Stadium on Friday, April 17, 2026, where they'll meet the Lotte Giants (6-9, 8th in KBO). The Eagles open this contest at +110 while the Giants are coming in at -132. The over/under has been set at 8.
As a team, the Hanwha Eagles are scoring 6.4 runs/g, which ranks them 2nd in baseball. They have earned 96 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .367. The Eagles have accrued 25 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 14 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 91 RBI's as well as 152 hits so far this year, while their team batting average is at .278. Hanwha is slugging .405 and have struck out 124 times, while drawing a walk on 67 occasions.
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Eun Seong Chae is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Chae has earned a batting average of .290 for his baseball career, with 632 runs scored and an OPS of .800. He has been struck out 910 times and has walked on 375 occasions, contributing to a .354 on-base %. In his professional baseball career, Chae has drilled 160 baseballs over the fence while driving in 858 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .446 in addition to earning 2,153 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he came to bat 5,434 times and has delivered with a base hit 1,399 times.
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The Eagles have stolen 6 bases and have been caught 2 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 25.0%. The Hanwha Eagles have accounted for 408 putouts for the season, in addition to 131 assists and 19 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .966 which has them sitting 10th in the league and have accumulated 14 double plays.
The Eagles have compiled a team earned run average of 6.62 so far this year (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 135 batters. Eagles pitchers have conceded 11 home runs in addition to 111 runs in total (1st in baseball). Hanwha has yielded 160 base knocks (10.6 per 9 innings) and 100 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.42 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.88.
Lotte has tallied 16 home runs for the year as well as 49 runs batted in. They have hit 22 two-baggers, while walking 50 times as well as putting up 51 runs. The Lotte Giants have an on-base percentage of .320 as well as a batting average of .253 over the course of the season. The Giants have a team slugging percentage of .399 and they score 3.40 runs per game (10th in baseball). They have been rung up on 108 occasions (7th in baseball) and have notched a total of 129 base knocks.
Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has tallied a free base 412 times while fanning on 1,044 chances. He has tallied 799 runs in addition to having 783 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .346 and he also has a lifetime OPS of .768. He has hit it out of the park 99 times, with 2,411 bases in total and also a .422 slugging percentage. During the 5,716 at-bats in his pro career, Reyes is sitting with a batting avereage of .299 in addition to 1,708 base hits.
The Lotte Giants have turned 8 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (4th in KBO). The Giants have recorded 132 assists, 8 errors and have notched a total of 394 putouts this season. Out of their 17 chances at getting a steal, they have had success 12 times and been caught 5 times (29.4% caught stealing percentage).
The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.457 and have a FIP of 4.73 as a team so far this season. They come in at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 119. The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 69 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 4.19 (61 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.67 (120 strikeouts against 72 free passes). They have conceded 9 HR's and they surrender 4.73 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).
Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha (+110)
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