Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 8/22/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Doosan Bears

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+102) Doosan (-122)

Min Jae Jeon and the Lotte Giants (49-57, 8th in KBO) are headed to Jamsil Baseball Stadium on Saturday, August 22, 2026, where they'll meet the Doosan Bears (57-49, 5th in KBO). The line on this game has the Giants priced at +102 and the Bears are at -122. The over/under has been set at 9.

The Giants have accrued 185 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 84 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging rate of .392 and have struck out 778 times, while taking a walk on 335 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are notching 4.7 runs/g, which has them at 8th in KBO. They have earned 482 runs batted in as well as 1,007 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is at .267. They are sitting with 511 runs while having a team OBP of .331.

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Min Jae Jeon is a hitter who should impact this game for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Jeon has hit 15 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 126 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 1,101 times and also came through with a base hit 271 times. Jeon has earned a batting average of .272 for his time in baseball, in addition to 127 scored runs and an OPS of .678. His slugging percentage is .360 and he has a total of 359 bases. He has struck out 211 times and has gotten a free base on 62 occasions, which has contributed to a .318 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have a tally of 2,877 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,057 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .981 which ranks 5th in KBO and have a total of 92 double plays. The Giants have swiped 53 bags and have been thrown out 25 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 32.1%.

The Giants have an ERA of 4.48 this season (5th in the league), and they have struck out 873 hitters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 95 long balls and 536 total runs (6th in the league). Lotte has surrendered 1,010 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 477 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.18 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.47.

The Doosan Bears have an on-base percentage of .342 as well as a team batting average of .271 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 771 occasions (8th in baseball) and have earned 1,020 base knocks. Doosan has tallied 84 home runs over the course of the season as well as 480 runs batted in. The Bears have a team slugging percentage of .396 and they tally 4.68 runs per game (9th in KBO). They have notched 167 two-baggers, while walking 371 times as well as racking up 515 runs.

Soo Bin Jung is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Jung has tallied a walk 646 times while fanning on 896 chances. His on-base percentage is .353 and he has a lifetime OPS of .722. During the 6,092 at-bats in his baseball career, Jung has earned a batting average of .277 in addition to having 1,688 hits. He has accrued 1,054 runs and also has 619 RBIs. He has homered 48 times, in addition to having 2,249 bases in total and also a .369 slugging percentage.

The Doosan Bears have turned 77 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .979 (10th in KBO). The Bears have racked up 962 assists, 84 errors and are sitting with 2,944 putouts so far this season. Out of their 96 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 80 times and been caught 16 times (16.7% caught stealing percentage).

The Bears are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.357 and have a FIP of 4.33 as a pitching staff this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.56 (937 strikeouts against 366 walks). They are sitting at 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 965. They have relinquished 83 long balls and they yield 4.33 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Doosan pitching staff have conceded 472 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.70 (403 earned runs conceded).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Lotte (+102)

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