Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers Prediction, 3/27/2025 KBO Pick, Tips and Odds
Game: Lotte Giants vs SSG Landers
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Location: Incheon SSG Landers Field in Incheon, South Korea
TV: TVING
Odds/Point Spread: Lotte (+126) SSG (-152)
Ji Hoon Choi and the SSG Landers (72-70, 6th in KBO) play the Lotte Giants (66-74, 7th in KBO) at Incheon SSG Landers Field on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The Giants open this contest at +126 while the Landers are priced at -152. The total has been set at 8.
As a squad, the Lotte Giants compiled 5.6 runs per game, which ranked them 3rd in KBO. They accounted for 802 runs and held an OBP of .352. The Giants recorded 285 doubles as a unit and hit 125 balls out of the stadium. They had 757 runs batted in in addition to 1,454 base knocks last season, while their team batting average was .285. Lotte was slugging .430 and struck out 1,079 times, while being walked on 494 occasions.
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Dong Hee Yoon is a batter who can be a difference maker for Lotte. Yoon has recorded a batting average of .288 for his career, with 144 runs scored and an OPS of .763. He has fanned 185 times and has walked on 97 occasions, contributing to a .356 on-base %. In his career, Yoon has hit 16 baseballs out of the park while driving in 127 runs. His slugging percentage is .407 in addition to racking up 382 bases. Over the course of his pro career, he stepped up to the plate 1,057 times and came through with a base base hit 270 times.
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The Giants swiped 89 bases and were gunned down 36 times, which shows us their caught stealing percentage finished at 28.8%. The Lotte Giants had 3,842 putouts over the course of the prior season, as well as 1,411 assists and 123 errors. Their fielding percentage was previously at .977 which put them in 9th in the league and they turned 143 double plays.
The Giants had an ERA of 5.05 in the previous season (7th in KBO), and their staff struck out 1,131 hitters. Their pitching staff walked 523 opposing hitters and their FIP finished at 5.56 as a squad over the course of last year. Lotte surrendered 1,442 base hits (10.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 719 earned runs. They earned a K/BB ratio of 2.16 and the pitching staff earned a collective WHIP of 1.53.
SSG was sitting with 152 home runs last year to go along with 724 runs batted in. They hit 239 doubles, while taking a walk 470 times and scoring 756 runs. The SSG Landers are sitting with a team OBP of .342 and a batting average of .273 in the previous season. The Landers held a team slugging % of .420 and they scored 5.25 runs per game (8th in KBO). They struck out on 1,095 occasions (5th in the league) and had a total of 1,367 hits.
Ji Hoon Choi is a hitter who can be a difference maker for SSG. Choi has recorded a walk 215 times while being called out on strikes on 351 chances. His on-base percentage sits at .337 and he has earned a career OPS of .717. For the 2,449 at-bats in his professional career, Choi has recorded a batting average of .275 in addition to 673 base hits. He has tallied 388 runs and has 214 runs batted in. He has hit a home run 29 times, with 931 total bases and a .380 slugging percentage.
The SSG Landers turned 123 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .977 (8th in KBO). The Landers recorded 1,336 assists, 119 errors and accounted for 3,809 putouts over the course of last year. Out of their 159 attempts at swiping a bag, they made it 119 times and were caught 40 times (25.2% caught stealing percentage).
The Landers held a team WHIP of 1.553 in addition to having a FIP of 5.77 as a unit in the prior season. They ranked 9th in KBO as a staff in total hits given up with 1,341. The SSG pitching staff relinquished 814 runs over the course of the prior season while having an ERA of 5.25 (740 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio was 1.90 (1,195 strikeouts against 630 walks). They surrendered 163 HR's and they relinquished 5.77 runs per 9 innings (10th in KBO).
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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take SSG (-152)
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