His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Morillo's 4-seam fastball averages 98.7 mph, and has touched 101.1.
499 thrown, 47.9% of his pitches.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Morillo averages 95.3 mph across his arsenal, 98th percentile in the league.
287 pitches in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 11th in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Morillo's 4-seam fastball carries 15.9 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
499 thrown, averaging 98.7 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Morillo's slider leaves the bat at 91.4 mph, against 81.2 off his changeup.
122 and 219 of them thrown.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Morillo puts 39.1% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.9% of his pitches to left-handers.
115 pitches to right-handed hitters, 172 to left-handed hitters.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Morillo goes to the 4-seam fastball: 56.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 44% the rest of the time.
338 two-strike pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Morillo's changeup moves 15.6 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
219 thrown, averaging 92.5 mph.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Morillo projects a .240 average, 95th percentile.
287 pitches in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 27th in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Morillo throws the sinker 37.9% of the time against right-handers and 4% against left-handers.
467 pitches to right-handers, 574 to left-handers.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Morillo puts 58% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.5% when he is ahead.
255 located pitches behind, 339 ahead.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Morillo lands 49.2% of his fastballs in the zone and only 35.7% of his offspeed pitches.
187 of his fastballs, 56 of his offspeed pitches.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.8 mph separates Morillo's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 98.7 against 84.8.
499 and 122 of them respectively.
He lives on one side of the plate
Morillo works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.1 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
1041 located pitches in 2026.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Morillo throws a fastball 73.3% of the time, against 62.8% when he is ahead.
255 pitches behind in the count, 339 ahead.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Morillo's slider spins at 2,745 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
122 thrown in 2026.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Morillo releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 44 degrees above horizontal and 1.4 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1041 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .236 expected average against them, against .198 on his offspeed pitches.
187 of his fastballs thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Morillo works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Sinker and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 47.9% of everything he throws.
1041 classified pitches in 2026.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Morillo throws a strike on the first pitch 63.9% of the time.
263 plate appearances started in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Morillo lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.37 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1041 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.5% of Morillo's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
193 of 1041 located pitches.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Morillo's 4-seam fastball averages 98.7 mph, and has touched 101.1.
499 thrown, 47.9% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Morillo's slider leaves the bat at 91.4 mph, against 81.2 off his changeup.
122 and 219 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Morillo throws the sinker 37.9% of the time against right-handers and 4% against left-handers.
467 pitches to right-handers, 574 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
13.8 mph separates Morillo's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 98.7 against 84.8.
499 and 122 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Morillo's slider spins at 2,745 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
122 thrown in 2026.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Morillo works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Sinker and Slider. The 4-seam fastball is 47.9% of everything he throws.
1041 classified pitches in 2026.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Morillo averages 95.3 mph across his arsenal, 98th percentile in the league.
287 pitches in 2026. 98th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 11th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Morillo's 4-seam fastball carries 15.9 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
499 thrown, averaging 98.7 mph.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Morillo's changeup moves 15.6 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
219 thrown, averaging 92.5 mph.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Morillo puts 39.1% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 45.9% of his pitches to left-handers.
115 pitches to right-handed hitters, 172 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Morillo goes to the 4-seam fastball: 56.2% of his two-strike pitches, against 44% the rest of the time.
338 two-strike pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Morillo puts 58% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 39.5% when he is ahead.
255 located pitches behind, 339 ahead.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Morillo throws a fastball 73.3% of the time, against 62.8% when he is ahead.
255 pitches behind in the count, 339 ahead.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Morillo throws a strike on the first pitch 63.9% of the time.
263 plate appearances started in 2026.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Morillo projects a .240 average, 95th percentile.
287 pitches in 2026. 95th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 27th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Morillo lands 49.2% of his fastballs in the zone and only 35.7% of his offspeed pitches.
187 of his fastballs, 56 of his offspeed pitches.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .236 expected average against them, against .198 on his offspeed pitches.
187 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Morillo works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.1 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
1041 located pitches in 2026.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Morillo lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.37 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
1041 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
18.5% of Morillo's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
193 of 1041 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Morillo releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 44 degrees above horizontal and 1.4 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
1041 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
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