Juan Bautista Morillo (born November 5, 1983) is a Dominican former professional baseball

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. He played in the All-Star Futures Game in

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. While playing with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in , Morillo had a record of 6–4 in 57.1 innings pitched, with 59 strikeouts and 2.35

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. Morillo has a 95-100 mph

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, but his

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is inconsistent and his control is below average. Morillo made the opening-day roster of the Colorado Rockies in 2009. On April 10, , Morillo was designated for assignment by the Rockies to make way for

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. He was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins on April 17, 2009, replacing

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who was designated for assignment. On Thursday, April 29, 2009, Morillo was designated for assignment to make room for

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, who was coming back from a back injury suffered before spring training. On November 17, 2009, Morillo signed to play with the

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of the Japanese Pacific League. Morillo opened the 2012 season with Double-A

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. In November 2015, he was selected to the roster for the

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at the

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Recap of the 2005 All-Star Futures Game in Detroit, MI
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