Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 7/18/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, July 18, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+110) Samsung (-132)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Samsung Lions (51-32, 1st in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (38-45, 8th in KBO) on Saturday, July 18, 2026. The Giants open this game at +110 while the Lions are priced at -132. The O/U has been set at 8.5.

The Giants have earned 135 doubles as a team and have hit 64 balls out of the stadium. Lotte has a slugging percentage of .380 and have been called out on strikes 625 times, while drawing a walk on 255 occasions. As a team, the Lotte Giants are notching 4.4 runs/g, which has them at 9th in KBO. They have compiled 353 runs batted in and 770 base knocks so far this year, while their average at the plate sits at .260. They have tallied 375 runs scored and hold an OBP of .323.

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Min Jae Jeon is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. For his pro baseball career, Jeon has hit 15 baseballs out of the park while driving in 114 runs. For his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 1,022 times and has reached base with a base hit 251 times. Jeon has compiled an average at the plate of .270 in his time in baseball, in addition to 119 scored runs and an OPS of .677. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .360 and he has totaled 334 bases. He has struck out 198 times and has gotten a free base on 56 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .317 on-base percentage.

The Giants have stolen 49 bases and have been caught 19 times, which means their caught stealing percentage sits at 27.9%. The Lotte Giants are sitting with 2,273 putouts thus far, in addition to 833 assists and 61 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .981 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have 73 double plays.

The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.41 so far this season (4th in KBO), and the staff has rung up 685 hitters. Giants pitchers have allowed 73 home runs and 418 total runs (4th in KBO). Lotte has conceded 778 base knocks (9.2 per 9 innings) and 371 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.14 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.45.

The Lions have a SLG% of .409 and they average 5.71 runs per contest (2nd in KBO). They have hit 131 two-baggers, while getting a free base 403 times and scoring 485 runs. Samsung has 75 long balls for the season in addition to 461 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 584 occasions (10th in baseball) and are sitting with 805 hits. The Samsung Lions have a team on-base percentage of .369 and a team batting average of .275 over the course of the season.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. Choi has drawn a free base 1,248 times while going down on strikes on 1,551 plate appearances. His on-base percentage comes in at .401 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .927. Over the course of the 8,638 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has a batting average of .310 in addition to having 2,682 base hits. He has accounted for 1,405 runs and racked up 1,803 runs batted in. He has homered 431 times, with 4,574 total bases and a .530 slugging percentage.

The Samsung Lions have turned 73 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (1st in KBO). Of their 86 attempts at swiping a bag, they have had success 61 times and been caught 25 times (29.1% caught stealing percentage). The Lions have 838 assists, 51 errors and have notched a total of 2,265 putouts this year.

The Samsung pitching staff have conceded 378 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.11 (345 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 81 home runs and they allow 4.51 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Lions hold a team WHIP of 1.385 and have a FIP of 4.51 as a squad this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 (617 strikeouts vs 309 free passes). They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 737.

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung (-132) and under the total runs

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