Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/17/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Friday, July 17, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+220) Samsung (-275)

Ji Hyuk Ryu and the Samsung Lions (51-32, 1st in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (38-45, 8th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Friday, July 17, 2026. The moneyline on this matchup has the Giants coming in at +220 and the Lions are at -275. The over/under has been set at 8.

The Giants have accrued 135 doubles as a squad and have hit 64 balls out of the park. Lotte is slugging .380 and have been called out on strikes 625 times, while getting the free base on 255 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which is 9th in KBO. They have accrued 353 RBI's as well as 770 hits for the season, and their team batting average sits at .260. They have a total of 375 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .323.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has recorded a batting average of .301 in his time in baseball, in addition to 835 scored runs and an OPS of .774. He has been struck out 1,073 times and has gotten a free base on 436 occasions, which contributes in part to a .349 on-base %. In his professional baseball career, Reyes has drilled 106 balls out of the park while knocking in 835 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .425 and he has racked up 2,549 bases. For his time in the league, he came to bat 6,549 times and has notched a base hit 1,806 times.

The Lotte Giants have amassed 2,273 putouts this season, in addition to 833 assists and 61 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have a total of 73 double plays. The Giants have stolen 49 bases and have been gunned down 19 times, which means their caught stealing percentage comes in at 27.9%.

The Giants hold a team earned run average of 4.41 on the season (4th in the league), and their staff has rung up 685 batters. Giants pitchers have allowed 73 home runs and 418 total runs (4th in KBO). Lotte has given up 778 base hits (9.2 per 9 innings) and 371 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.14 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.45.

The Lions have a team slugging % of .409 and they tally 5.71 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They have 131 two-baggers, while walking 403 times as well as scoring 485 runs. Samsung is sitting with 75 home runs so far this year in addition to 461 RBIs. They have been rung up on 584 occasions (10th in the league) and are sitting with 805 hits. The Samsung Lions have a team on-base percentage of .369 and a batting average of .275 over the course of the season.

Ji Hyuk Ryu is a hitter who should impact this game for Samsung. Ryu has drawn a free base 286 times while fanning on 487 tries. He has accounted for 415 runs and racked up 300 RBIs. His on-base percentage sits at .356 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .685. He has hit the long ball 20 times, as well as 878 total bases and a .341 slugging percentage. For the 2,576 at-bats in his professional career, Ryu has recorded a batting average of .271 with 699 base hits.

The Samsung Lions have turned 73 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (1st in KBO). The Lions have recorded 838 assists, 51 errors and are sitting with 2,265 putouts so far this year. Out of their 86 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 61 times and been caught 25 times (29.1% caught stealing percentage).

The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.385 and have a FIP of 4.51 as a pitching staff this year. They rank 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 737. The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 378 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.11 (345 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.00 (617 strikeouts vs 309 walks). They have surrendered 81 dingers and they relinquish 4.51 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball).

Who will win tonight's KBO game ATS?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-275)

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