From a 19th-round selection in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft to reaching the big leagues, Detroit Tigers outfield prospect Kerry Carpenter has received the official call-up to join the big club.
Just how big of a longshot was Carpenter to make it to The Show? All you need to do his read below….
This season between Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo, the soon-to-be 25-year-old has hit .313 with 30 home runs and 75 runs batted in 97 games played (400 plate appearances total).
Here’s the moment when Carpenter found out he was getting called up to the Tigers:
