Gray (forearm) threw to live hitters Saturday and said it went "great," Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Teammate Matt Olson stepped in against Gray and said the right-hander looked just the same as he did in spring training and that Gray's slider was particularly nasty. It sounds like Gray will lobby to pitch in a game during the season's final week, but it's not clear if the team will let him. Gray has been on the DL since early August with inflammation and a strain in his forearm.