Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears Prediction, 7/24/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Doosan Bears

Date: Friday, July 24, 2026

Location: Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-152) Doosan (+126)

Jamsil Baseball Stadium is the site where Chan-Ho Park and the Doosan Bears (47-42, 5th in KBO) will play the Samsung Lions (54-34, 1st in KBO) on Friday, July 24, 2026. The Lions open this contest at -152 while the Bears are coming in at +126. The over/under is set at 9.

As a unit, the Samsung Lions are scoring 5.7 runs per contest, which is 2nd in baseball. They have accumulated 511 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .371. The Lions have tallied 137 doubles as a team and have smacked 80 balls out of the park. They have compiled 486 RBI's as well as 858 base knocks over the course of the season, while their average at the plate is sitting at .277. Samsung owns a slugging percentage of .411 and have been rung up 614 times, while being walked on 426 occasions.

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Ji Hyuk Ryu is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. For his professional baseball career, Ryu has drilled 20 balls out of the park while knocking in 303 runs. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 3,026 times and got on base with a base hit 706 times. Ryu has an average at the plate of .272 for his career in baseball, in addition to 417 scored runs and an OPS of .687. He has earned a slugging percentage of .342 and he has a total of 888 bases. He has gone down on strikes 488 times and has been walked on 288 occasions, which has contributed to a .356 on-base percentage.

The Samsung Lions have accounted for 2,397 putouts this year, in addition to 878 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which puts them in 1st in Korean baseball and have a total of 76 double plays. The Lions have swiped 64 bases and have been caught 25 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 28.1%.

The Lions are sitting with a team ERA of 4.11 on the season (2nd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 668 batters. Samsung has allowed 777 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 365 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.05 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.38. Lions pitchers have surrendered 86 home runs and 399 total runs (10th in baseball).

Doosan has hit 72 long balls on the year as well as 405 runs batted in. The have tallied 135 doubles, while taking a walk 322 times and notching 432 runs. The Doosan Bears have earned an on-base percentage of .344 as well as a team batting average of .270 on the campaign. The Bears hold a team slugging percentage of .397 and they average 4.70 runs per outing (8th in KBO). They have been called out on strikes on 647 occasions (8th in the league) and have tallied 851 base hits.

Chan-Ho Park is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Doosan. Park has tallied a walk 374 times while fanning on 591 chances. He has accrued 574 runs in addition to having 389 RBIs. His OBP is .330 and he has a career OPS of .667. He has hit it out of the park 28 times, in addition to having 1,323 total bases and a .337 slugging percentage. For the 3,922 at-bats in his baseball career, Park has accumulated a batting average of .267 in addition to having 1,049 hits.

The Doosan Bears have turned 67 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .979 (10th in Korean baseball). The Bears have 811 assists, 70 errors and have accounted for 2,456 putouts over the course of the season. Of their 79 chances at swiping a bag, they have been successful 66 times and been caught 13 times (16.5% caught stealing rate).

The Bears hold a team WHIP of 1.374 in addition to having a FIP of 4.40 as a squad so far this year. They come in at 7th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 812. The Doosan pitching staff have given up 400 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.84 (349 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.47 (771 strikeouts vs 312 bases on balls). They have given up 69 long balls and they relinquish 4.40 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Doosan (+126) and under the total runs

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