Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 5/7/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: TVING

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

Suwon KT Wiz Park is the site where Hyun Soo Kim and the KT Wiz (22-10, 1st in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (12-18, 8th in KBO) on Thursday, May 7, 2026. The line on this contest has the Giants priced at +132 and the Wiz are at -160. The O/U has been set at 8.

As a team, the Lotte Giants are compiling 3.6 runs per game, which is 9th in the league. They have earned 112 runs and have an OBP of .311. The Giants have compiled 49 doubles as a team and have knocked 22 balls out of the park. They have tallied 104 RBI's and 267 hits for the year, while their average at the plate is .248. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .361 and have been called out on strikes 242 times, while getting the free base on 93 occasions.

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Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. In his pro baseball career, Jeon has drilled 223 balls out of the park while driving in 1,048 runs. During his time in professional baseball, he stepped up to bat 7,848 times and has notched a hit 2,080 times. Jeon is sitting with a batting avereage of .298 for his career in baseball, with 1,111 runs scored and an OPS of .824. He has accumulated a slugging percentage of .461 and he has a total of 3,215 bases. He has struck out 1,171 times and has gotten a free base on 655 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .363 on-base percentage.

The Lotte Giants have accounted for 829 putouts for the season, in addition to 301 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which has them sitting 3rd in the league and they have turned 21 double plays. The Giants have stolen 22 bases and have been thrown out 10 times, which means their caught stealing rate is 31.3%.

They have a K/BB ratio of 1.94 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.45. Giants pitchers have conceded 24 home runs and 149 runs in total (6th in KBO). Lotte has given up 267 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and 135 earned runs. The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.40 this year (4th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 258 hitters.

KT has 25 HRs on the year in addition to 174 runs batted in. The have tallied 56 doubles, while walking 144 times as well as racking up 183 runs. The KT Wiz have accumulated an on-base percentage of .363 as well as a batting average of .277 on the year. The Wiz hold a team slugging % of .403 and they average 5.72 runs per outing (2nd in the league). They have struck out on 244 occasions (3rd in the league) and have earned 310 base hits.

Hyun Soo Kim is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for KT. Kim has drawn a walk 1,159 times while striking out on 1,098 plate appearances. His OBP is .390 and he has earned a has a OPS in his career of .857. For the 8,818 at-bats in his pro career, Kim has hit .310 and has racked up 2,730 hits. He has accrued 1,338 runs in addition to having earned 1,591 RBIs. He has hit the long ball 272 times, as well as 4,116 bases in total and a .467 slugging percentage.

The KT Wiz have turned 35 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .982 (6th in Korean baseball). The Wiz have racked up 325 assists, 22 errors and have 867 putouts so far this year. Of their 36 attempts at swiping a bag, they have been successful 29 times and been caught 7 times (19.4% caught stealing rate).

The KT pitching staff have surrendered 137 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 3.89 (125 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 22 homers and they relinquish 4.27 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.363 and have a FIP of 4.27 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.69 (269 strikeouts against 100 bases on balls). They sit at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 294.

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take KT (-160)

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