Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/23/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Saturday, May 23, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: SPO-2T

Odds/Point Spread: Samsung (-196) Lotte (+162)

Jin Hyuk No and the Lotte Giants (16-24, 9th in KBO) host the Samsung Lions (24-17, 3rd in KBO) at Sajik Baseball Stadium on Saturday, May 23, 2026. The Lions open this game at -196 while the Giants are priced at +162. The total opens at 8.

As a squad, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.3 runs/g, which ranks them 4th in KBO. They are sitting with 221 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .363. The Lions have hit 63 doubles as a unit and have knocked 37 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 210 RBI's and 386 base knocks for the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .267. Samsung has a slugging rate of .400 and have been called out on strikes 289 times, while being walked on 203 occasions.

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Hyoung Woo Choi is a batter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. For his career, Choi has slapped 426 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 1,766 runs. His slugging percentage is .531 in addition to racking up 4,504 bases. Over the course of his time in the league, he stepped into the batters box 9,954 times and has reached base with a base hit 2,635 times. He has gone down on strikes 1,518 times and has been walked on 1,231 attempts at the plate, contributing to a .401 on-base %. Choi has earned a batting average of .310 for his career in baseball, with 1,389 runs scored and an OPS of .932.

The Samsung Lions are sitting with 1,122 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 439 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which puts them in 1st in KBO and have earned 38 double plays. The Lions have stolen 35 bases and have been thrown out 9 times, which means their caught stealing percentage is 20.5%.

The Lions have a team ERA of 4.19 on the campaign (2nd in the league), and the staff has rung up 284 batters. Samsung has relinquished 359 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 174 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.75 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39. Lions pitchers have conceded 39 long balls and also 189 total runs (9th in the league).

The Lotte Giants have accumulated an OBP of .319 in addition to a batting average of .260 for the year. They have been rung up on 319 instances (5th in KBO) and have recorded 374 base hits. Lotte is sitting with 30 home runs for the year to go along with 153 RBIs. The Giants hold a slugging % of .378 and they score 4.00 runs per game (9th in the league). They have 71 two-baggers, while getting a free base 118 times as well as earning 164 runs.

Jin Hyuk No is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Over the course of the 2,962 official at-bats in his baseball career, No has a batting average of .262 with 775 hits. He has gone yard 82 times, with 1,225 total bases and a .414 slugging percentage. No has earned a walk 306 times while going down on strikes on 748 tries. He has recorded 380 runs and notched 415 RBIs. His OBP is .333 and he also has a has a OPS in his career of .747.

The Lotte Giants have turned 28 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (4th in Korean baseball). In their 42 attempts at stealing a base, they have made it 31 times and been caught 11 times (26.2% caught stealing percentage). The Giants have accrued 406 assists, 26 errors and have amassed 1,101 putouts this season.

The Giants have a WHIP of 1.499 and have a FIP of 5.03 as a unit for the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 1.80 (332 strikeouts against 184 free passes). They are currently ranked 8th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 366. They have surrendered 33 dingers and they allow 5.03 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Lotte pitching staff have yielded 205 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.46 (182 earned runs yielded).

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Samsung (-196)

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