Davis ‘flattered’ by honor

Khris Davis said that winning American League Player of the Week honors Monday was a great feeling.

“You know what? I’m pretty flattered,” Davis said. “It feels like my birthday.”

Davis said he’d heard from lots of people, gotten plenty of text messages and congratulations from his teammates. “It’s nice, it’s great, I feel loved,” he said. “I’m pretty happy.”

Davis was co-honoree with Boston’s Hanley Ramirez after banging five homers in seven games, including No. 39 and No. 40 on Sunday. “It hasn’t really hit me yet,” he said. “I’m just kind of blacked out this point of the season, I don’t know what’s going on — I’m just trying to get the job

done, basically.”

Davis joins Jose Canseco, Jason Giambi, Reggie Jackson and Mark McGwire as players to hit 40 homers in a season while playing for Oakland.

“Those are the greats,” he said. “I hope kids talk about me and just appreciate that I love the game and love hitting.”

He went 10-for-25 during the week, and he drove in 13 runs.

“Pretty well deserved,” manager Bob Melvin said of the weekly honors for Davis, adding that for the year, Davis is the A’s “Player of the month, player of the year. He’s putting up some pretty good numbers, and he doesn’t consider himself finished.”

Briefly: Sonny Gray (forearm, elbow) will throw another bullpen session Tuesday, and his next time out after that might include throwing to hitters. Then it’s possible he might throw a few innings for Oakland the final week of the season. … Gray probably would start and have another starter follow him if he were to appear in a game this month. ... Melvin said some of the A’s younger starters will have their pitch counts reduced a bit in the final week or so . ... Reliever J.B. Wendelken, obtained from the White Sox for

Brett Lawrie last winter, will get an MRI exam for right forearm soreness Tuesday. …

Mark Canha, who had hip surgery in May, will hit off a tee Tuesday. … Henderson

Alvarez’s second shoulder surgery in two years is scheduled for Tuesday.