Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz Prediction, 8/8/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs KT Wiz

Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026

Location: Suwon KT Wiz Park in Suwon, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

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

Min Jae Jeon and the Lotte Giants (44-54, 8th in KBO) are headed to Suwon KT Wiz Park on Saturday, August 8, 2026, where they'll meet the KT Wiz (59-36, 1st in KBO). The moneyline on this contest has the Giants priced at +132 and the Wiz are at -160. The over/under is set at 8.

The Giants have earned 170 doubles as a unit and have knocked 72 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .384 and have been called out on strikes 736 times, while being walked on 303 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are compiling 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 9th in the league. They have recorded 425 RBI's and 920 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is at .264. They are sitting with 452 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .326.

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Min Jae Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his career, Jeon has hit 15 balls out of the park while driving in 122 runs. For his time in baseball, he came to bat 1,069 times and has come through with a hit 263 times. Jeon has hit .271 for his baseball career, in addition to 123 runs scored and an OPS of .680. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .361 and he has totaled 350 bases. He has gone down on strikes 207 times and has gotten a free base on 61 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .319 on-base percentage.

The Giants have swiped 53 bases and have been thrown out 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 31.2%. The Lotte Giants have notched a total of 2,667 putouts this season, as well as 974 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .981 which puts them in 4th in the league and have a total of 86 double plays.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.15 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.47. Giants pitchers have given up 88 home runs and 490 runs in total (6th in KBO). Lotte has conceded 929 hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 435 earned runs. The Giants hold a team ERA of 4.40 for the season (3rd in the league), and their staff has rung up 814 hitters.

The KT Wiz have accumulated an on-base percentage of .366 and a team batting average of .283 for the year. They have been rung up on 742 occasions (6th in the league) and have notched a total of 957 base hits. KT has hit 75 long balls on the year as well as 512 RBIs. The Wiz have a team slugging percentage of .405 and they score 5.61 runs per game (3rd in the league). They have 155 two-baggers, while getting a free base 398 times as well as scoring 544 runs.

Won Jun Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for KT. In the 2,718 at-bats in his career, Choi is sitting with a batting avereage of .294 with 799 base knocks. He has gone deep 33 times, with 1,083 bases in total and also a .398 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a free base 270 times while being called out on strikes on 400 attempts. He is sitting with 458 runs and also has 289 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .364 and he is the owner of a has a OPS in his career of .762.

The KT Wiz have turned 90 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (2nd in KBO). The Wiz have 978 assists, 63 errors and have accumulated 2,599 putouts this year. Out of their 87 tries at stealing a base, they have made it 66 times and been caught 21 times (24.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Wiz have a team WHIP of 1.431 in addition to having a FIP of 4.79 as a squad so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.45 (741 strikeouts vs 303 walks). They come in at 5th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 936. They have conceded 80 long balls and they give up 4.79 runs per 9 innings (3rd in KBO). The KT pitching staff have given up 461 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.43 (426 earned runs surrendered).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

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

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