{"id":128813,"date":"2025-06-25T01:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/128813\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T01:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T01:17:10","slug":"detroit-tigers-kerry-carpenter-launches-kerry-bonds-meal-with-savvy-sliders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/128813\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers\u2019 Kerry Carpenter launches \u2018Kerry Bonds\u2019 meal with Savvy Sliders"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT \u2013 Detroit Tigers<\/a> slugger Kerry Carpenter<\/a> and Savvy Sliders are bridging the gap between baseball and good eats in Michigan\u2019s hot summer sun.<\/p>\n

Carpenter will soon have his limited-time meal, called the \u201cKerry Bonds\u201d combo, available at Savvy Sliders locations across Michigan. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is awesome. I love burgers, and it\u2019s like one of my favorite meals. It was really cool when we set this up, and it\u2019s kind of surreal,\u201d said Carpenter.<\/p>\n

Carpenter is on one of the hungriest teams in the MLB, as the Tigers are currently the best team in the majors. <\/p>\n

However, when Carpenter was first drafted, the Tigers didn\u2019t even break 50 wins. <\/p>\n

For reference, the Tigers have more wins through the end of June this season than they had in their entire 2019 season. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom when I came up to the big leagues till now, we\u2019ve gotten a lot better. Carpenter said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of the same guys, so it\u2019s been cool that I got to play in the minor leagues with a lot of these guys. To see guys like Riley Greene, Tork [Spencer Torkelson], Casey [Mize], and [Tarik] Skubal have really blossomed into all-stars in the big leagues is pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like so many players in the majors, Carpenter\u2019s path to the big leagues wasn\u2019t linear. <\/p>\n

Carpenter was promoted to the Tigers in August 2022 after spending over three years in the minor leagues. <\/p>\n

That journey, which he shares with many of his teammates, is the best part of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing guys like Parker Meadows come up and do so well and have success at this level. No one really sees the grind that you have in the minor leagues and the struggles that we all went through in the minor leagues,\u201d Carpenter said.<\/p>\n

To Carpenter, it doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s in the big leagues at the time or who\u2019s in the minors. <\/p>\n

The Tigers have guys at different levels who can come up and contribute. <\/p>\n

With just six series left until the All-Star Break, the Tigers\u2019 power hitter is only concerned about winning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can win deep into the playoffs, and that\u2019s our goal. We showed it last year, and now, this year, we\u2019re showing it wasn\u2019t just a one-off.\u201d Carpenter said.<\/p>\n

Carpenter\u2019s \u201cKerry Bonds\u201d Meal will be available at all participating Savvy Sliders locations across Michigan starting July 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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