Angels' Mike Trout: Hitting off machine

Trout (wrist) began hitting against a pitching machine Friday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.

Trout will only face machine-thrown breaking balls initially, but he should soon advance to hitting high-velocity fastballs as he continues to work back from the hamate bone fracture that has kept him sidelined since early July. If his surgically repaired wrist responds well to this uptick in activity, the Angels will begin plotting out a date for his return.