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Dan Szymborski, Special to ESPN.com 10y

Wild-card key stats, projections

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Oakland Athletics at Kansas City Royals

Key stats, trends and matchups to watch

• Oakland went a combined 22-33 in August and September.

• Jon Lester set career bests for innings (219 2/3), ERA (2.46) and FIP (2.80) this season. Also worth noting: Yoenis Cespedes was traded for Lester on July 31. If you were to put Cespedes' triple-slash line for the Red Sox (.269/.296/.423) on the A's instead of Lester's 2.35 ERA, the A's would have missed the playoffs.

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