Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles Prediction, 5/21/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Hanwha Eagles

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Location: Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+120) Hanwha (-144)

Yonathan Perlaza and the Hanwha Eagles (20-22, 7th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (16-24, 9th in KBO) at Hanwha Life Eagles Park on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The Giants open this game at +120 while the Eagles are priced at -144. The O/U has been set at 8.

Lotte has a slugging % of .378 and have been rung up 319 times, while drawing a walk on 118 occasions. They have accumulated 153 runs batted in in addition to 374 hits for the season, and their team batting average is at .260. The Giants have tallied 71 doubles as a team and have knocked 30 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 164 runs scored while having a team OBP of .319. As a team, the Lotte Giants are earning 4.0 runs per game, which has them sitting at 9th in the league.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a batter who should impact this game for Lotte. For his career, Jeon has hit 223 baseballs over the fence while driving in 1,050 runs. In his time spent in pro baseball, he came to bat 7,887 times and has reached base with a base hit 2,090 times. Jeon has earned a batting average of .298 for his career in baseball, with 1,114 scored runs and an OPS of .823. His slugging percentage is .460 and he has racked up 3,227 bases. He has struck out 1,177 times and has walked on 657 occasions, which contributes in part to a .363 on-base percentage.

The Giants have swiped 31 bases and have been thrown out 11 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage sits at 26.2%. The Lotte Giants have accounted for 1,101 putouts on the campaign, as well as 406 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .983 which ranks 4th in KBO and have earned 28 double plays.

The Giants have compiled a team ERA of 4.46 over the course of the season (5th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 332 batters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 33 long balls and 205 runs in total (6th in KBO). Lotte has surrendered 366 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and 182 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 1.80 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.50.

The Hanwha Eagles have an on-base percentage of .364 and a batting average of .280 on the year. They have struck out on 317 occasions (6th in KBO) and have recorded 421 hits. Hanwha is sitting with 50 long balls on the season and 252 runs batted in. The Eagles hold a team slugging % of .432 and they are scoring 6.40 runs per outing (1st in the league). They have hit 63 doubles, while getting a free base 184 times and scoring 269 runs.

Yonathan Perlaza is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Hanwha. Perlaza has earned a walk 444 times while fanning on 841 attempts. His on-base rate is .363 and he has a lifetime OPS of .829. In the 3,387 at-bats in his career, Perlaza has a batting average of .278 and has racked up 943 base knocks. He has accrued 595 runs and has 539 runs batted in. He has hit it out of the park 120 times, with 1,577 total bases and a .466 slugging %.

The Hanwha Eagles have turned 44 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .976 (9th in Korean baseball). The Eagles have recorded 392 assists, 37 errors and are sitting with 1,126 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 25 chances at swiping a bag, they have had success 16 times and been caught 9 times (36.0% caught stealing rate).

The Eagles have a team WHIP of 1.624 in addition to having a FIP of 5.90 as a unit so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 1.53 (322 strikeouts against 210 free passes). They have a ranking of 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 399. They have surrendered 31 homers and they allow 5.90 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Hanwha pitching staff have surrendered 246 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 5.09 (212 earned runs conceded).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Hanwha (-144)

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