Juan Bautista Morillo (born November 5, 1983) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and Minnesota Twins, in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the EDA Rhinos.
Career
While playing with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in 2007, Morillo had a record of 6–4 in 57.1 innings pitched, with 59 strikeouts and 2.35 ERA.
Morillo has a 95-100 mph fastball, but his slider is inconsistent and his control is below average.
Morillo made the opening-day roster of the Colorado Rockies in 2009. On April 10, 2009, Morillo was designated for assignment by the Rockies to make way for Matt Belisle.
He was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins on April 17, 2009, replacing Philip Humber who was designated for assignment.
On Thursday, April 29, 2009, Morillo was designated for assignment to make room for Joe Mauer, who was coming back from a back injury suffered before spring training.
On November 17, 2009, Morillo signed to play with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League.
Morillo opened the 2012 season with Double-A Reading.
In November 2015, he was selected to the roster for the Dominican Republic national baseball team at the 2015 WBSC Premier12.