Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 5/17/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2026

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+132) Doosan (-160)

Jun Soon Park and the Doosan Bears (18-21, 6th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (15-22, 9th in KBO) at Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Sunday, May 17, 2026. The odds on this contest have the Giants coming in at +132 and the Bears are at -160. The over/under is set at 8.

Lotte has a slugging rate of .369 and have been called out on strikes 290 times, while drawing a walk on 111 occasions. They have accumulated 136 RBI's in addition to 338 base knocks for the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .256. The Giants have recorded 65 doubles as a unit and have knocked 25 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 145 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .318. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are notching 3.8 runs per outing, which is 9th in baseball.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his pro baseball career, Jeon has hit 223 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,050 runs. Over the course of his time in the league, he approached the plate 7,875 times and has delivered a base hit 2,088 times. Jeon has earned a batting average of .298 for his career in baseball, in addition to 1,113 scored runs and an OPS of .823. His career slugging percentage is .460 and he has totaled 3,225 bases. He has struck out 1,176 times and has been walked on 657 occasions, contributing to a .363 OBP.

The Giants have swiped 25 bases and have been gunned down 11 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 30.6%. The Lotte Giants have a total of 1,018 putouts so far this season, as well as 372 assists and 22 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which ranks 2nd in KBO and have earned 26 double plays.

The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.38 over the course of the season (5th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 314 batters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 30 home runs in addition to 182 runs in total (7th in the league). Lotte has allowed 335 hits (8.9 per 9 innings) and 165 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.87 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.48.

Doosan has tallied 32 HRs so far this year and 170 runs batted in. They have hit 57 two-baggers, while getting a free base 149 times and scoring 186 runs. The Doosan Bears have accumulated an on-base percentage of .332 in addition to a batting average of .250 so far this year. The Bears have a slugging percentage of .378 and they tally 4.65 runs per game (8th in KBO). They have struck out on 292 occasions (6th in the league) and have recorded 337 hits.

Jun Soon Park is a batter who can be a difference maker for Doosan. Over the course of the 432 at-bats in his career, Park has hit .296 with 128 base knocks. He has homered 10 times, as well as 185 total bases and also a .428 slugging percentage. Park has drawn a free base 19 times while going down on strikes on 88 attempts. He has a total of 52 runs and has 46 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .330 and he has a career OPS of .758.

The Doosan Bears have turned 31 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (6th in the league). Out of their 29 tries at swiping a bag, they have made it 26 times and been caught 3 times (10.3% caught stealing percentage). The Bears have 367 assists, 28 errors and have accumulated 1,062 putouts on the season.

The Bears have a team WHIP of 1.503 in addition to having a FIP of 4.75 as a team on the campaign. They rank 2nd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 369. The Doosan pitching staff have allowed 187 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 4.09 (161 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.03 (331 strikeouts against 163 walks). They have surrendered 24 home runs and they surrender 4.75 runs per 9 innings (4th in KBO).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Doosan (-160) and under the total runs

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