by Matt SnyderFiled under: Angels, AL West, MLB TransactionsWhile he doesn't have much power or a ton of base-stealing speed, one thing Howie Kendrick has always been able to do is hit the baseball. His career batting average in the minor leagues is an absurd .360 -- with a .972 OPS, which is even more impressive considering his lack of home run power. In the majors, he's generally been a .300 hitter as well. Thus, entering 2009 as a 25-year-old with a firm grasp of the everyday secon...