Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 4/19/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Hanwha Eagles vs Lotte Giants
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2026
Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Odds/Point Spread: Hanwha (+120) Lotte (-144)
Dong Hee Yoon and the Lotte Giants (6-10, 8th in KBO) play the Hanwha Eagles (6-10, 7th in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Sunday, April 19, 2026. The line on this matchup has the Eagles coming in at +120 and the Giants are at -144. The total has been set at 9.
Hanwha has a slugging % of .399 and have been called out on strikes 131 times, while being walked on 68 occasions. They have 92 runs batted in and 158 hits on the year, and their batting average sits at .274. The Eagles have accumulated 26 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 14 balls out of the park. They have earned 97 runs and have an OBP of .359. As a unit, the Hanwha Eagles are earning 6.1 runs per contest, which has them at 3rd in the league.
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Yonathan Perlaza is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Hanwha. For his career, Perlaza has hit 114 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 523 runs. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .464 and he has racked up 1,525 bases. For his career, he came to bat 3,766 times and got on base with a hit 912 times. He has fanned 818 times and has gotten a free base on 423 at-bats, contributing to a .361 on-base percentage. Perlaza has a batting average of .277 for his baseball career, in addition to 569 runs scored and an OPS of .825.
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The Hanwha Eagles have 435 putouts this season, as well as 136 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .963 which has them sitting 10th in the league and have accumulated 15 double plays. The Eagles have swiped 7 bases and have been gunned down 2 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 22.2%.
The Eagles have compiled a team earned run average of 6.27 so far this year (10th in baseball), and they have struck out 146 batters. Eagles pitchers have yielded 11 long balls and also 117 runs in total (1st in KBO). Hanwha has given up 169 hits (10.5 per 9 innings) and also 101 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 1.46 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.86.
The Giants have a SLG% of .400 and they average 3.44 runs per game (10th in KBO). They have hit 25 two-baggers, while taking a walk 52 times as well as earning 55 runs. Lotte has 17 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 53 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 121 instances (6th in the league) and have earned 138 base knocks. The Lotte Giants are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .320 and a team batting average of .253 this season.
Dong Hee Yoon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For the 1,321 at-bats in his pro career, Yoon has recorded a batting average of .282 in addition to having 373 hits. He has homered 28 times, with 547 total bases and a .414 slugging percentage. Yoon has drawn a free base 147 times while being called out on strikes on 265 attempts. He has accrued 200 runs and also has 187 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .359 and he has earned a career OPS of .773.
The Lotte Giants have turned 8 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (4th in Korean baseball). The Giants have 144 assists, 8 errors and have earned a total of 418 putouts so far this season. Out of their 21 attempts at getting a steal, they have been successful 15 times and been caught 6 times (28.6% caught stealing percentage).
The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.495 and have a FIP of 4.91 as a pitching staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.63 (127 strikeouts vs 78 walks). They are sitting at 8th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 130. They have conceded 9 dingers and they allow 4.91 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The Lotte pitching staff have conceded 76 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.40 (68 earned runs surrendered).
Who will win tonight's baseball game against the spread?
Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Hanwha (+120)
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