Monte Lee landed a commitment from the son of former Clemson pitcher Tim Parker, who played for Bill Wilhelm before the Cubs took him in the third-round of the 1990 draft.

The former Clemson righty had a promising start to his minor league career before injuries forced him to walk away from the game. His son, James, a 2018 shortstop from T.L. Hanna, will follow his footsteps to Clemson.

On Sunday, Parker committed to Lee’s 2018 class, which already holds a pledge from New York shortstop Charles Mack.

“I think what it came down to was the family environment,” Parker said, during an interview with TheClemsonInsider. “One, I had grown up there. Going into it, I knew it would come down to Clemson and Carolina for me.”

South Carolina was set to host him for a visit a few days after his trip to Clemson, but those plans were scratched once Parker committed to the Tigers on Sunday.

“Just the way coach Lee treated me and how it went, it was very good. It was positive, the way he treated me,” Parker said. “I just went home and thought about it. I kind of went with my gut, my heart. It was telling me to go to Clemson. I feel like I’m a lot better fit there.

“And, another one, I really like coach Lee and I would love to play for him one day. That’s really what it came down to.”

Future positions and roles haven’t been discussed. After all, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound sophomore is still a few years from Clemson.

“As of right now, I would assume shortstop, but I don’t know, because I could grow three inches and gain weight, too, but I’m not positive. We didn’t really discuss that. (Lee) just told me that he really liked me,” Parker said.

As a freshman, he tied the T.L. Hanna single-season record with 23 stolen bases.

“One thing that a lot of coaches don’t know about me — I know for a fact that I work my butt off all the time,” Parker said. “I try to get my school work done as soon as I can, so I can go hit baseballs, go work out, go run or do something that night.

“Also, I just feel like with my dad playing baseball and doing as well as he did, I feel like I know what it takes to get to the next level. Even thought it’s a challenge to perfect it, I feel like I have knowledge of that and that’s going to really help me, knowing what to do.”