SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 8/19/2026 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: SSG Landers vs Samsung Lions

Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: KN-T

Odds/Point Spread: SSG (+125) Samsung (-150)

Daegu Samsung Lions Park is the venue where Hyoung Woo Choi and the Samsung Lions (62-41, 2nd in KBO) will play the SSG Landers (43-62, 9th in KBO) on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. The Lions open this contest at -150 while the Landers are priced at +125. The over/under opens at 9.

The Landers have tallied 171 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 119 balls out of the stadium. SSG has a slugging % of .411 and have struck out 849 times, while drawing a walk on 424 occasions. As a team, the SSG Landers are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which ranks them 7th in baseball. They have compiled 517 runs batted in in addition to 982 hits on the year, and their batting average is at .261. They have a total of 544 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .340.

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Jun Jae Jeong is a batter who should be able to impact this game for SSG. Jeong has accumulated a batting average of .270 for his career, in addition to 157 scored runs and an OPS of .689. He has fanned 205 times and has been walked on 115 at-bats, which contributes in part to a .352 OBP. In his career, Jeong has hit 2 baseballs over the fence while driving in 82 runs. He is sitting with a career slugging percentage of .337 and he has accumulated 326 bases. During his time in professional baseball, he faced a pitcher 1,130 times and got on base with a base knock 261 times.

The Landers have stolen 60 bases and have been thrown out 21 times, which tells us their caught stealing percentage is 25.9%. The SSG Landers have 2,878 putouts this season, as well as 1,017 assists and 72 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which is 4th in KBO and have accumulated 101 double plays.

Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.69 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.58. Landers pitchers have given up 121 long balls in addition to 649 total runs (1st in KBO). SSG has allowed 1,021 base hits (9.6 per 9 innings) and 587 earned runs. The Landers have a team ERA of 5.51 this season (10th in KBO), and the staff has struck out 828 batters.

The Samsung Lions have an OBP of .368 as well as a batting average of .278 this season. They have been rung up on 733 occasions (10th in the league) and have tallied 1,009 base hits. Samsung has knocked in 95 HRs for the year and 573 runs batted in. The Lions hold a team slugging % of .413 and they tally 5.71 runs per outing (2nd in KBO). They hit 165 doubles, while walking 480 times and scoring 600 runs.

Hyoung Woo Choi is a hitter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. In the 8,703 at-bats in his pro career, Choi has hit .310 and has racked up 2,699 base hits. He has gone yard 432 times, with 4,596 total bases and also a .528 slugging percentage. Choi has drawn a free base 1,257 times while going down on strikes on 1,570 tries. He has scored 1,412 runs in addition to having earned 1,812 runs batted in. His on-base percentage sits at .400 and he holds a has a OPS in his career of .928.

The Samsung Lions have turned 87 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .983 (1st in the league). The Lions have recorded 1,010 assists, 64 errors and are sitting with 2,796 putouts on the season. Out of their 100 tries at swiping a bag, they have been successful 74 times and been caught 26 times (26.0% caught stealing rate).

The Lions have a WHIP of 1.394 in addition to having a FIP of 4.71 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.14 (791 strikeouts against 369 walks). They have a ranking of 9th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 930. They have given up 102 home runs and they allow 4.71 runs per 9 innings (2nd in KBO). The Samsung pitching staff have given up 488 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.29 (444 earned runs allowed).

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take SSG (+125)

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