Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes Prediction, 4/29/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Lotte Giants vs Kiwoom Heroes
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Location: Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea
TV: TVING
Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (-130) Kiwoom (+110)
Yasiel Puig and the Kiwoom Heroes (11-20, 10th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (16-13, 4th in KBO) at Gocheok Sky Dome on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. The Heroes open this matchup at +110 while the Giants are coming in at -130. The total is set at 9.
Lotte has a slugging percentage of .392 and have been rung up 211 times, while being walked on 105 occasions. They have recorded 132 runs batted in and 292 hits for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .282. The Giants have hit 55 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 17 balls out of the park. They have earned a total of 140 runs scored and hold an OBP of .355. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are putting up 4.7 runs per game, which has them at 4th in KBO.
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Seung Yeup Na is a hitter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Na has accumulated a batting average of .290 for his baseball career, in addition to 89 scored runs and an OPS of .838. He has been struck out 138 times and has gotten a free base on 102 at-bats, contributing to a .389 on-base %. In his pro baseball career, Na has hit 15 baseballs out of the park while knocking in 98 runs. His career slugging percentage is .448 in addition to racking up 280 bases. For his time in baseball, he faced a pitcher 744 times and has come through with a base hit 181 times.
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The Lotte Giants have 795 putouts so far this season, in addition to 282 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .976 which ranks 8th in Korean baseball and have a total of 19 double plays. The Giants have swiped 21 bases and have been thrown out 5 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 19.2%.
The Giants have a team ERA of 4.58 on the year (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 261 batters. Giants pitchers have allowed 24 long balls and 152 total runs (3rd in baseball). Lotte has relinquished 263 base hits (8.9 per 9 innings) in addition to 135 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.92 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.51.
Kiwoom has 22 home runs this season to go along with 115 runs batted in. They have put up 44 two-baggers, while taking a walk 104 times as well as scoring 125 runs. The Kiwoom Heroes are sitting with an OBP of .316 in addition to a batting average of .238 so far this season. The Heroes hold a team SLG% of .346 and they score 4.03 runs per outing (8th in the league). They have struck out on 279 instances (1st in the league) and have totaled 249 base hits.
Yasiel Puig is a batter who should impact this game for Kiwoom. Puig has drawn a free base 576 times while striking out on 1,121 chances. He has recorded 844 runs and also has 785 runs batted in. His on-base percentage is .365 and he holds a career OPS of .857. He has hit the long ball 243 times, with 2,568 total bases and a .492 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 5,218 at-bats in his pro career, Puig has recorded a batting average of .285 in addition to having 1,486 base hits.
The Kiwoom Heroes have turned 23 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .972 (9th in KBO). The Heroes have accrued 265 assists, 31 errors and have accumulated 807 putouts so far this season. Of their 34 attempts at stealing a base, they have had success 22 times and been caught 12 times (35.3% caught stealing rate).
The Kiwoom pitching staff have relinquished 197 runs for the year while having an ERA of 5.35 (160 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 35 long balls and they relinquish 6.59 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Heroes are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.684 and have a FIP of 6.59 as a staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.80 (223 strikeouts against 124 bases on balls). They rank 1st in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 329.
So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?
Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Kiwoom (+110) and under the total runs
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