WASHINGTON – Quade Tomlin was just seven years old when his father, Randy, began the 2009 season as the pitching coach for the Double-A Harrisburg Senators.
The younger Tomlin and his siblings would spend some of the summer taking in games at City Island – the Eastern League home of the Nationals’ affiliate – and that continued through the 2011 season as the elder Tomlin was a pitching coach in Washington’s system.
Now Quade Tomlin, 18, hopes to eventually work his way up the Nationals’ minor league ladder as a player.
The infielder from Lynchburg, Virginia was signed as a non-drafted free agent this summer as he turned down a chance to play in college at Division I Liberty in his hometown.