HOUSTON -- Mike Trout hit off a pitching machine Friday for the first time since fracturing his left hamate bone and manager Phil Nevin said the Angels' star outfielder is moving closer to a return.
Trout has been out since July 3 and Nevin said before the start of a series with the Astros that the team believes he's close, but that there still isn't a timetable for his return.
"There's going to be some hot spots around the wrist," Nevin said. "It's natural when these things happen with this surgery. It's not necessarily .