His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Morillo's 4-seam fastball averages 98.8 mph, and has touched 101.1.
150 thrown, 52.3% 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 runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Morillo's changeup moves 16.7 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
56 thrown, averaging 92.5 mph.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Morillo's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.0 mph, against 83.5 off his changeup.
150 and 56 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.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Morillo throws a strike on the first pitch 68.5% of the time.
73 plate appearances started in 2026.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Morillo's 4-seam fastball carries 15.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
150 thrown, averaging 98.8 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 30.4% of the time against right-handers and 1.2% against left-handers.
115 pitches to right-handers, 172 to left-handers.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Morillo goes to the 4-seam fastball: 59.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 48.7% the rest of the time.
92 two-strike pitches in 2026.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.5 mph separates Morillo's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 98.8 against 84.3.
150 and 43 of them respectively.
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.
He lives on one side of the plate
Morillo works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
287 located pitches in 2026.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Morillo works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Slider and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 52.3% of everything he throws.
287 classified pitches 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.
287 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.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Morillo's slider spins at 2,728 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
43 thrown in 2026.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.8% of Morillo's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
51 of 287 located pitches.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Morillo puts 55.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 46.9% when he is ahead.
69 located pitches behind, 96 ahead.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Morillo releases the ball 6.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
208 tracked pitches in 2026.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Morillo's 4-seam fastball averages 98.8 mph, and has touched 101.1.
150 thrown, 52.3% of his pitches.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Morillo's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 94.0 mph, against 83.5 off his changeup.
150 and 56 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Morillo throws the sinker 30.4% of the time against right-handers and 1.2% against left-handers.
115 pitches to right-handers, 172 to left-handers.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.5 mph separates Morillo's 4-seam fastball from his slider, 98.8 against 84.3.
150 and 43 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Morillo works with 4 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Changeup, Slider and Sinker. The 4-seam fastball is 52.3% of everything he throws.
287 classified pitches in 2026.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Morillo's slider spins at 2,728 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
43 thrown 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 runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Morillo's changeup moves 16.7 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
56 thrown, averaging 92.5 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Morillo's 4-seam fastball carries 15.8 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
150 thrown, averaging 98.8 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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He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Morillo throws a strike on the first pitch 68.5% of the time.
73 plate appearances started in 2026.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Morillo goes to the 4-seam fastball: 59.8% of his two-strike pitches, against 48.7% the rest of the time.
92 two-strike pitches in 2026.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Morillo puts 55.1% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 46.9% when he is ahead.
69 located pitches behind, 96 ahead.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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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 2.0 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
287 located pitches in 2026.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.8% of Morillo's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
51 of 287 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.
287 tracked release points, averaging 5.6 feet off the ground.
He releases the ball about where everyone else does
Morillo releases the ball 6.3 feet down the mound, a shorter stride than most.
208 tracked pitches in 2026.
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