SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/18/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: SPO-T

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

Ji Chan Kim and the Samsung Lions (62-41, 2nd in KBO) play the SSG Landers (43-62, 9th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The Lions open this game at -196 while the Landers are priced at +162. The O/U has been set at 8.

As a team, the SSG Landers are compiling 5.0 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 7th in baseball. They have notched a total of 544 runs scored while having a team OBP of .340. The Landers have tallied 171 doubles as a unit and have knocked 119 balls out of the stadium. They have 517 runs batted in and 982 hits so far this year, and their team batting average is at .261. SSG is slugging .411 and have been called out on strikes 849 times, while drawing a walk on 424 occasions.

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Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who should impact this game for SSG. For his career, Choi has drilled 47 balls over the fence while knocking in 300 runs. His slugging percentage sits at .382 and he has a total of 1,284 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to bat 3,755 times and has come through with a base hit 916 times. He has struck out 498 times and has taken a walk on 290 attempts at the plate, which has contributed to a .335 on-base %. Choi has an average at the plate of .273 for his time in baseball, with 511 runs scored and an OPS of .717.

The SSG Landers are sitting with 2,878 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,017 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which is 4th in the league and have earned 101 double plays. The Landers have swiped 60 bags and have been caught 21 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage is 25.9%.

They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.69 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.58. Landers pitchers have yielded 121 home runs and also 649 runs in total (1st in the league). SSG has given up 1,021 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and also 587 earned runs. The Landers have a team earned run average of 5.51 on the campaign (10th in KBO), and they have struck out 828 batters.

The Samsung Lions have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .368 and a team batting average of .278 so far this season. They have struck out on 733 occasions (10th in KBO) and have tallied 1,009 hits. Samsung has knocked in 95 HRs so far this year in addition to 573 RBIs. The Lions have a SLG% of .413 and they earn 5.71 runs per contest (2nd in baseball). They hit 165 two-baggers, while taking a walk 480 times as well as putting up 600 runs.

Ji Chan Kim is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Samsung. Over the course of the 2,305 official at-bats in his professional career, Kim has a batting average of .289 in addition to having 666 base knocks. He has homered 6 times, with 770 total bases and also a .334 slugging %. Kim has tallied a free base 297 times while fanning on 289 plate appearances. He has a total of 456 runs and racked up 171 RBIs. His on-base rate is .376 and he also has a career OPS of .710.

The Samsung Lions have turned 87 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in Korean baseball). The Lions have racked up 1,010 assists, 64 errors and have accumulated 2,796 putouts for the year. Out of their 100 attempts at swiping a bag, they got to the bag before the ball 74 times and been caught 26 times (26.0% caught stealing percentage).

The Samsung pitching staff have given up 488 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.29 (444 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 102 HR's and they surrender 4.71 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Lions have a team WHIP of 1.394 with a FIP of 4.71 as a unit so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.14 (791 strikeouts vs 369 free passes). They come in at 9th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 930.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG (+162)

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