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Athletics ace Sonny Gray gets OK to start throwing

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Oakland Athletics ace Sonny Gray, who will begin the season on the disabled list with a lat strain, has gotten the green light to resume throwing after just two weeks.

The A's had expected Gray to be shut down for three weeks, but Gray got the OK after visiting Dr. Anthony Romeo in Chicago.

"Everything looked good," Gray told SFGate.com on Tuesday. "He said, 'Go ahead and start throwing when you get back,' so that's what we're going to do. We'll see how it goes.

"I'm excited to go out there and throw a baseball.