Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 5/1/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Friday, May 1, 2026

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: MS-T

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+125) SSG (-150)

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Jeong Choi and the SSG Landers (16-10, 3rd in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (8-17, 10th in KBO) on Friday, May 1, 2026. The Giants open this game at +125 while the Landers are coming in at -150. The over/under has been set at 8.5.

Lotte has a slugging rate of .369 and have struck out 202 times, while being walked on 76 occasions. They have earned 78 RBI's and 220 hits on the year, while their average at the plate is at .246. The Giants have hit 41 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 21 balls out of the park. They have 83 runs while holding a team OBP of .307. As a squad, the Lotte Giants are scoring 3.2 runs per game, which puts them at 10th in KBO.

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Victor Reyes is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. In his career, Reyes has hit 100 balls out of the park while knocking in 788 runs. In his time in the Majors, he stepped up to the plate 6,292 times and got on base with a base hit 1,725 times. Reyes has accumulated a batting average of .299 for his time in baseball, in addition to 802 runs scored and an OPS of .768. His slugging percentage is .422 in addition to earning 2,434 bases. He has gone down on strikes 1,050 times and has walked on 413 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .346 OBP.

The Giants have swiped 18 bags and have been caught 9 times, which tells us their caught stealing rate is 33.3%. The Lotte Giants have amassed 694 putouts for the season, as well as 256 assists and 17 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which has them ranked 5th in the league and have accumulated 17 double plays.

They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.85 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.48. Giants pitchers have allowed 19 long balls and 129 runs in total (4th in the league). Lotte has relinquished 224 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 116 earned runs. The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.52 so far this year (9th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 216 batters.

The Landers have a team SLG% of .421 and they average 5.42 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have hit 46 doubles, while getting a free base 123 times as well as earning 141 runs. SSG has 28 long balls for the season to go along with 132 RBIs. They have struck out on 195 occasions (8th in baseball) and have totaled 235 base hits. The SSG Landers have a team OBP of .360 and a batting average of .265 so far this season.

Jeong Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. Choi has tallied a walk 1,103 times while striking out on 1,889 tries. His on-base rate is .389 and he is the owner of a career OPS of .919. During the 8,326 at-bats in his baseball career, Choi has an average at the plate of .286 and has racked up 2,378 base hits. He has accrued 1,531 runs and has 1,638 runs batted in. He has gone deep 524 times, as well as 4,414 total bases and a .530 slugging percentage.

The SSG Landers have turned 27 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .978 (8th in KBO). Out of their 19 tries at stealing a base, they have had success 13 times and been caught 6 times (31.6% caught stealing rate). The Landers have accrued 265 assists, 22 errors and have earned a total of 695 putouts this season.

The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.466 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.82 as a squad so far this year. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.62 (194 strikeouts vs 120 free passes). They are currently ranked 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits allowed with 219. They have given up 21 long balls and they relinquish 4.82 runs per 9 innings (5th in the league). The SSG pitching staff have relinquished 124 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 4.13 (106 earned runs yielded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (+125)

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