Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers Prediction, 4/25/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Kia Tigers

Date: Saturday, April 25, 2026

Location: Gwangju Kia Champions Field in Gwangju, South Korea

TV: MS-T

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

Harold Castro and the Kia Tigers (10-12, 5th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (7-14, 9th in KBO) at Gwangju Kia Champions Field on Saturday, April 25, 2026. The Giants open this game at +102 while the Tigers are coming in at -122. The total has been set at 8.5.

The Giants have hit 32 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 17 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging rate of .373 and have been called out on strikes 154 times, while being walked on 61 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are recording 3.1 runs per game, which has them at 10th in the league. They have accrued 61 RBI's in addition to 178 hits for the year, while their team batting average comes in at .250. They have 65 runs while having a team OBP of .311.

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Jin Hyuk No is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his career, No has drilled 81 balls out of the park while knocking in 411 runs. His slugging percentage is .417 in addition to racking up 1,215 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 3,289 times and has notched a base hit 769 times. He has struck out 736 times and earned a walk on 303 occasions, contributing to a .336 on-base percentage. No has compiled an average at the plate of .264 for his time in baseball, with 377 scored runs and an OPS of .753.

The Lotte Giants are sitting with 553 putouts thus far, as well as 194 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which is 5th in KBO and have accumulated 13 double plays. The Giants have stolen 17 bases and have been caught 8 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 32.0%.

The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 4.64 for the season (7th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 170 batters. Lotte has surrendered 187 base knocks (9.1 per 9 innings) as well as 95 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.79 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.53. Giants pitchers have given up 13 long balls in addition to 106 runs (5th in the league).

The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .388 and they earn 4.95 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have 40 two-baggers, while taking a walk 100 times as well as putting up 109 runs. Kia has recorded 17 long balls on the year and 105 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 155 occasions (7th in baseball) and have recorded 198 base knocks. The Kia Tigers have recorded a team OBP of .356 as well as a batting average of .266 so far this year.

Harold Castro is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Kia. Castro has earned a free base 278 times while fanning on 1,103 tries. His OBP sits at .323 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .715. Over the course of the 5,981 official at-bats in his baseball career, Castro has accrued an average at the plate of .290 in addition to 1,737 hits. He has accumulated 743 runs and also has 641 runs batted in. He has hit the long ball 90 times, as well as 2,345 total bases and a .392 slugging percentage.

The Kia Tigers have turned 13 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (4th in Korean baseball). Of their 22 chances at stealing a base, they have made it 18 times and been caught 4 times (18.2% caught stealing percentage). The Tigers have recorded 193 assists, 13 errors and have earned 579 putouts so far this year.

The Kia pitching staff have surrendered 112 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.90 (105 earned runs allowed). They have surrendered 21 homers and they relinquish 5.22 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.466 and have a FIP of 5.22 as a staff for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.63 (147 strikeouts against 90 walks). They are sitting at 5th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 193.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lotte (+102)

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