Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/20/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

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

Jin Hyuk No and the Lotte Giants (16-24, 9th in KBO) travel to Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, where they'll take on the Hanwha Eagles (20-22, 7th in KBO). The line on this game has the Giants coming in at +106 and the Eagles are at -128. The over/under is set at 8.5.

The Giants have recorded 71 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 30 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging rate of .378 and have been called out on strikes 319 times, while being walked on 118 occasions. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.0 runs per game, which is 9th in the league. They have amassed 153 runs batted in as well as 374 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate is at .260. They have earned 164 runs and hold an OBP of .319.

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Jin Hyuk No is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, No has hit 82 baseballs out of the park while driving in 415 runs. He has amassed a slugging percentage of .414 in addition to racking up 1,225 bases. In his time spent in pro baseball, he stepped into the batters box 3,346 times and has reached base with a base hit 775 times. He has gone down on strikes 748 times and has been walked on 306 at-bats, which has contributed to a .333 on-base %. No has compiled an average at the plate of .262 for his career, in addition to 380 scored runs and an OPS of .747.

The Giants have stolen 31 bags and have been caught 11 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 26.2%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 1,101 putouts this season, as well as 406 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .983 which ranks 4th in Korean baseball and have accumulated 28 double plays.

The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.46 on the campaign (5th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 332 batters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 33 long balls and 205 runs in total (6th in KBO). Lotte has yielded 366 base hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 182 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.80 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.50.

Hanwha has tallied 50 home runs so far this year to go along with 252 RBIs. They have hit 63 doubles, while walking 184 times as well as putting up 269 runs. The Hanwha Eagles have earned a team on-base percentage of .364 and a team batting average of .280 so far this year. The Eagles have a team slugging percentage of .432 and they are earning 6.40 runs per contest (1st in KBO). They have struck out on 317 instances (6th in the league) and have accounted for 421 hits.

Hyun Bin Moon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Hanwha. Moon has drawn a free base 124 times while fanning on 238 tries. He has amassed 180 runs in addition to having 207 runs batted in. His on-base rate is .357 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .788. He has homered 30 times, as well as 592 total bases and also a .431 slugging percentage. For the 1,375 at-bats in his pro career, Moon has hit .295 with 405 base knocks.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 44 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .976 (9th in KBO). The Eagles have recorded 392 assists, 37 errors and have accumulated 1,126 putouts for the year. Out of their 25 tries at stealing a base, they have been successful 16 times and been caught 9 times (36.0% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles hold a team WHIP of 1.624 and are the owners of a FIP of 5.90 as a unit so far this season. They rank 3rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 399. The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 246 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 5.09 (212 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.53 (322 strikeouts vs 210 bases on balls). They have yielded 31 long balls and they relinquish 5.90 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (+106)

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