KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 7/26/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: KT Wiz vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, July 26, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: KT (-128) Lotte (+106)

Seong Bin Hwang and the Lotte Giants (40-48, 8th in KBO) host the KT Wiz (51-35, 2nd in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Sunday, July 26, 2026. The Giants open this game at +106 while the Wiz are priced at -128. The over/under opens at 8.5.

KT is slugging .397 and have been called out on strikes 677 times, while taking a walk on 367 occasions. They have compiled 453 RBI's as well as 870 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is at .281. The Wiz have recorded 141 doubles as a squad and have hit 63 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 483 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .364. As a team, the KT Wiz are putting up 5.4 runs per game, which ranks them 3rd in baseball.

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Hyun Soo Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for KT. For his career, Kim has hit 275 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,623 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he faced a pitcher 10,429 times and has reached base with a hit 2,791 times. Kim has hit .309 for his career in baseball, with 1,362 scored runs and an OPS of .853. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .464 and he has a total of 4,198 bases. He has struck out 1,126 times and has taken a walk on 1,178 occasions, contributing to a .389 on-base %.

The Wiz have swiped 62 bases and have been caught 20 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 24.4%. The KT Wiz have a total of 2,386 putouts thus far, in addition to 890 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which is 2nd in Korean baseball and they have turned 81 double plays.

The Wiz hold a team ERA of 4.53 this season (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 675 batters. Wiz pitchers have conceded 74 long balls and also 432 total runs (8th in baseball). KT has surrendered 870 base hits (9.8 per 9 innings) and 400 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.41 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.45.

The Lotte Giants have accounted for an on-base percentage of .321 and a batting average of .259 on the season. They have struck out on 685 instances (5th in the league) and have earned a total of 824 base knocks. Lotte has hit 67 home runs on the season as well as 379 runs batted in. The Giants hold a slugging % of .376 and they have an average of 4.37 runs per game (9th in baseball). They have recorded 148 two-baggers, while walking 277 times and putting up 402 runs.

Seong Bin Hwang is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Hwang has drawn a walk 101 times while fanning on 232 tries. His OBP sits at .333 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .694. In the 1,364 at-bats in his professional career, Hwang has accumulated a batting average of .281 with 383 base hits. He has recorded 260 runs and notched 92 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 6 times, in addition to having 492 total bases and a .361 slugging %.

The Lotte Giants have turned 78 double plays and have a fielding rate of .981 (4th in KBO). Out of their 75 attempts at getting a steal, they have made it 51 times and been caught 24 times (32.0% caught stealing percentage). The Giants have accrued 898 assists, 64 errors and have earned 2,456 putouts over the course of the season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.462 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.99 as a team this year. They are sitting at 5th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 848. The Lotte pitching staff have allowed 454 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.45 (405 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio is 2.13 (741 strikeouts against 348 walks). They have allowed 83 homers and they surrender 4.99 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take KT (-128)

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