Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions Prediction, 4/19/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Lotte Giants vs Samsung Lions

Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025

Location: Daegu Samsung Lions Park in Daegu, South Korea

TV: TVING

Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+102) Samsung (-122)

Ja Wook Koo and the Samsung Lions (10-10, 5th in KBO) host the Lotte Giants (10-10, 4th in KBO) at Daegu Samsung Lions Park on Saturday, April 19, 2025. The odds on this contest have the Giants coming in at +102 and the Lions are at -122. The over/under has been set at 9.

The Giants have hit 38 doubles as a team and have knocked 8 balls out of the park. Lotte has a slugging % of .373 and have been called out on strikes 147 times, while taking a walk on 78 occasions. As a unit, the Lotte Giants are knocking in 4.3 runs per contest, which puts them at 7th in KBO. They have compiled 86 runs batted in in addition to 199 hits for the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .278. They have earned 90 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .356.

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Victor Reyes is a hitter who should be able to impact this game for Lotte. Reyes has hit .296 for his baseball career, in addition to 724 runs scored and an OPS of .755. He has fanned 980 times and has been walked on 351 occasions, contributing to a .341 OBP. For his career, Reyes has slapped 82 balls out of the park while driving in 680 runs. His slugging percentage is .414 and he has accumulated 2,139 bases. In his time in the Majors, he came to the plate 5,625 times and has notched a base hit 1,528 times.

The Lotte Giants have amassed 558 putouts on the year, as well as 187 assists and 23 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .970 which ranks 10th in KBO and have accumulated 12 double plays. The Giants have swiped 14 bases and have been gunned down 5 times, which shows us their caught stealing rate is 26.3%.

The Giants have an earned run average of 4.65 for the year (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 180 batters. Giants pitchers have conceded 18 home runs and also 109 runs in total (2nd in baseball). Lotte has yielded 184 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 96 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.98 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.48.

The Lions have a team slugging % of .408 and they have an average of 5.60 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have put up 34 doubles, while taking a walk 72 times as well as scoring 112 runs. Samsung has accumulated 21 home runs on the season in addition to 99 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 167 occasions (3rd in KBO) and have accounted for 177 base knocks. The Samsung Lions have compiled an OBP of .335 and a team batting average of .258 on the season.

Ja Wook Koo is one batter you are going to want to keep your eye on for Samsung. Koo has earned a walk 486 times while fanning on 925 occasions. He has amassed 894 runs in addition to having earned 800 RBIs. His OBP is .383 and he holds a lifetime OPS of .894. He has gone deep 171 times, as well as 2,440 bases in total and a .511 slugging percentage. Over the course of the 4,776 official at-bats in his career, Koo has hit .316 in addition to 1,510 base hits.

Of their 12 chances at swiping a bag, they have made it 9 times and been caught 3 times (25.0% caught stealing rate). The Samsung Lions have turned 19 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in KBO). The Lions have accrued 181 assists, 8 errors and have amassed 531 putouts so far this year.

The Lions are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.356 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.47 as a staff so far this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.11 (152 strikeouts against 72 walks). They rank 6th in KBO as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 168. They have yielded 14 dingers and they concede 4.47 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Samsung pitching staff have surrendered 88 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.27 (84 earned runs yielded).

So what is Tonights Parlay prediction?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Samsung (-122) and under the total runs

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