LG Twins vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/17/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: LG Twins vs Samsung Lions
Date: Friday, April 17, 2026
Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea
TV: SPO-T
Odds/Point Spread: LG (+106) Samsung (-128)
Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the site where Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (10-4, 1st in KBO) will take on the LG Twins (10-5, 3rd in KBO) on Friday, April 17, 2026. The Twins open this matchup at +106 while the Lions are priced at -128. The total is set at 9.
LG owns a slugging percentage of .359 and have been rung up 101 times, while getting the free base on 73 occasions. They have earned 68 runs batted in and 129 hits for the season, while their team batting average sits at .260. The Twins have accounted for 22 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 9 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 69 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .362. As a squad, the LG Twins are earning 4.6 runs/g, which is 8th in the league.
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Austin Dean is a hitter who can be a difference maker for LG. In his professional baseball career, Dean has hit 187 balls out of the park while driving in 824 runs. He has earned a slugging percentage of .475 and he has racked up 2,404 bases. In his time in the Majors, he approached the plate 5,693 times and has come through with a base hit 1,468 times. He has fanned 934 times and earned a walk on 512 at-bats, contributing to a .356 on-base percentage. Dean has earned a batting average of .290 for his baseball career, with 806 scored runs and an OPS of .831.
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The Twins have stolen 9 bags and have been thrown out 2 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 18.2%. The LG Twins have earned 402 putouts so far this season, in addition to 155 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .991 which has them sitting 1st in the league and have 13 double plays.
They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.10 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.43. Twins pitchers have relinquished 10 home runs and 54 total runs (10th in the league). LG has yielded 142 base knocks (9.5 per 9 innings) and 53 earned runs. The Twins have a team earned run average of 3.56 over the course of the season (1st in KBO), and their staff has struck out 105 batters.
The Lions hold a team slugging percentage of .429 and they are scoring 6.27 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have put up 29 doubles, while taking a walk 82 times and putting up 94 runs. Samsung has accounted for 12 home runs for the season to go along with 89 RBIs. They have been rung up on 91 instances (10th in baseball) and have accounted for 148 base hits. The Samsung Lions have tallied an on-base percentage of .387 as well as a batting average of .282 for the season.
Ja Wook Koo is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Koo has recorded a walk 556 times while fanning on 1,011 tries. His on-base percentage sits at .386 and he has a lifetime OPS of .899. Over the course of the 5,276 at-bats in his career, Koo has recorded a batting average of .318 in addition to having 1,678 hits. He has accumulated 992 runs and also has 891 RBIs. He has gone deep 188 times, in addition to having 2,704 total bases and a .513 slugging percentage.
The Samsung Lions have turned 15 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .986 (3rd in KBO). The Lions have accrued 161 assists, 8 errors and have earned 405 putouts on the season. In their 16 chances at getting a steal, they have made it 12 times and been caught 4 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage).
The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 71 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 4.47 (67 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 18 dingers and they concede 4.73 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO). The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.496 in addition to having a FIP of 4.73 as a pitching staff on the season. Their K/BB ratio is 1.57 (102 strikeouts vs 65 bases on balls). They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 137.
Who will win tonight's KBO game against the spread?
Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take LG (+106)
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