Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 8/12/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers

Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (-152) SSG (+126)

Incheon SSG Landers Field is the site where Jun Jae Jeong and the SSG Landers (39-60, 9th in KBO) will take on the Lotte Giants (44-54, 8th in KBO) on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The Landers open this matchup at +126 while the Giants are coming in at -152. The total has been set at 8.

As a squad, the Lotte Giants are earning 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 9th in baseball. They have racked up 452 runs while holding a team OBP of .326. The Giants have accrued 170 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 72 balls out of the park. They have accrued 425 RBI's as well as 920 base knocks this season, and their batting average is at .264. Lotte is slugging .384 and have struck out 736 times, while being walked on 303 occasions.

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Min Jae Jeon is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lotte. For his professional baseball career, Jeon has drilled 15 baseballs over the fence while driving in 122 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he came to bat 1,069 times and has delivered a base knock 263 times. Jeon has recorded a batting average of .271 for his time in baseball, with 123 scored runs and an OPS of .680. He has compiled a slugging percentage of .361 and he has accumulated 350 bases. He has struck out 207 times and earned a walk on 61 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .319 OBP.

The Lotte Giants have a total of 2,667 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 974 assists and 70 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .981 which has them ranked 4th in Korean baseball and they have turned 86 double plays. The Giants have swiped 53 bases and have been gunned down 24 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 31.2%.

The Giants have compiled a team ERA of 4.40 this season (3rd in the league), and they have struck out 814 batters. Giants pitchers have surrendered 88 long balls and also 490 total runs (6th in KBO). Lotte has conceded 929 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and also 435 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.15 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.47.

SSG has a total of 114 HRs this year to go along with 490 runs batted in. They have recorded 162 two-baggers, while walking 407 times as well as putting up 515 runs. The SSG Landers have accounted for a team OBP of .341 as well as a team batting average of .261 for the year. The Landers have a team slugging percentage of .412 and they are scoring 5.00 runs per outing (7th in KBO). They have struck out on 794 instances (2nd in KBO) and have tallied 925 base knocks.

Jun Jae Jeong is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Jeong has drawn a walk 114 times while being called out on strikes on 200 tries. His on-base rate is .354 and he has a has a OPS in his career of .693. During the 941 at-bats in his pro career, Jeong is sitting with a batting avereage of .270 with 254 base hits. He has a total of 152 runs in addition to having earned 79 runs batted in. He has homered 2 times, with 319 total bases and also a .339 slugging %.

The SSG Landers have turned 99 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (5th in Korean baseball). Of their 80 attempts at swiping a bag, they have made it 60 times and been caught 20 times (25.0% caught stealing percentage). The Landers have recorded 964 assists, 71 errors and have earned 2,719 putouts for the season.

The Landers hold a team WHIP of 1.611 in addition to having a FIP of 6.22 as a unit this season. They sit at 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 982. The SSG pitching staff have given up 626 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 5.63 (567 earned runs given up). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.63 (780 strikeouts vs 478 bases on balls). They have conceded 111 dingers and they concede 6.22 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lotte (-152)

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