Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants Prediction, 5/24/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Samsung Lions vs Lotte Giants

Date: Sunday, May 24, 2026

Location: Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan, South Korea

TV: KN-T

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

Sajik Baseball Stadium is the site where Jun-woo Jeon and the Lotte Giants (16-24, 9th in KBO) will take on the Samsung Lions (24-17, 3rd in KBO) on Sunday, May 24, 2026. The moneyline on this game has the Lions priced at -132 and the Giants are at +110. The total is set at 8.5.

Samsung has a slugging rate of .400 and have been called out on strikes 289 times, while taking a walk on 203 occasions. They have earned 210 RBI's in addition to 386 base knocks so far this season, and their team batting average comes in at .267. The Lions have recorded 63 doubles as a unit and have smacked 37 balls out of the park. They have earned 221 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .363. As a team, the Samsung Lions are notching 5.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 4th in the league.

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Lewin Diaz is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Samsung. In his career, Diaz has hit 220 balls out of the park while driving in 810 runs. He has recorded a slugging percentage of .477 and he has totaled 2,149 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped into the batters box 5,038 times and has delivered with a base knock 1,211 times. He has struck out 932 times and has taken a walk on 425 occasions, contributing to a .335 OBP. Diaz has a batting average of .269 in his time in baseball, in addition to 611 runs scored and an OPS of .812.

The Lions have swiped 35 bases and have been thrown out 9 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 20.5%. The Samsung Lions are sitting with 1,122 putouts thus far, as well as 439 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which has them sitting 1st in the league and they have turned 38 double plays.

The Lions have a team earned run average of 4.19 on the season (2nd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 284 hitters. Lions pitchers have surrendered 39 home runs and 189 total runs (9th in the league). Samsung has conceded 359 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 174 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.75 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.39.

Lotte has compiled 30 home runs this year as well as 153 runs batted in. They have hit 71 doubles, while taking a walk 118 times as well as putting up 164 runs. The Lotte Giants have earned an on-base percentage of .319 in addition to a batting average of .260 over the course of the season. The Giants have a SLG% of .378 and they average 4.00 runs per contest (9th in KBO). They have struck out on 319 instances (5th in the league) and have tallied 374 base knocks.

Jun-woo Jeon is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. During the 7,017 official at-bats in his career, Jeon has compiled an average at the plate of .298 with 2,090 base knocks. He has gone yard 223 times, with 3,227 total bases and also a .460 slugging percentage. Jeon has drawn a free base 657 times while going down on strikes on 1,177 attempts. He has a total of 1,114 runs in addition to having earned 1,050 runs batted in. His on-base percentage comes in at .363 and he is the owner of a lifetime OPS of .823.

The Lotte Giants have turned 28 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (4th in KBO). The Giants have 406 assists, 26 errors and have earned a total of 1,101 putouts so far this season. Out of their 42 attempts at stealing a base, they have been successful 31 times and been caught 11 times (26.2% caught stealing rate).

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.499 in addition to having a FIP of 5.03 as a unit on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 1.80 (332 strikeouts against 184 walks). They come in at 8th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 366. They have surrendered 33 homers and they concede 5.03 runs per 9 innings (7th in KBO). The Lotte pitching staff have surrendered 205 runs on the campaign while having 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 (-132)

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