Bio
Sergio Morillo joins the Explorers pitching staff after spending parts of the last seven years with the Cleveland Guardians organization. In 2023, he went 3-4 at High-A Lake County, making 33 appearances out of the bullpen and pitching in 48.2 innings. Morillo would strikeout 53 while giving up 39 runs on 41 hits with a 7.21 ERA.
Morillo started the 2022 season on the Lake County roster but would be sent to the Arizona Complex League for a rehab assignment. While in the desert, he went 2-0 in 5.2 innings in four games, including one start. They righty would strike out six and give up one earned run on three hits. He would return to full-season ball on July 8 and was assigned to A-level Lynchburg. Morillo picked up his first career save while going 0-1 with a 5.82 ERA in 14 games all in relief. In 21.2 he gave up 23 hits and yielded 14 earned runs with 39 strikeouts and a 1.754 WHIP.
In 2021 Morillo spent the entire season with Lynchburg, making six starts while covering 14.1 innings with 16 strikeouts. He would finish with an 11.30 ERA, surrendering 18 hits and 18 earned runs. Morillo did not pitch in 2020 with the cancelation of the season, and he would miss all the 2019 season for Cleveland. Prior to that gap, he would split the 2018 season with the DSL Indians and the DSL Indians/Brewers co-op team. With the Indians, Morillo would go 1-2 with a 3.38 ERA in six games while making four starts. He would strikeout 13 in 16 innings with six earned runs allowed. With the co-op club, he pitched in two more games, making a pair of starts and not giving up a run in six innings. He would add nine strikeouts to his stat sheet for 2018.
Morillo was signed by Cleveland as a free agent on June 13, 2017, and he would make his pro debut six days later for the Cleveland organization. In his first season he would open at rookie level in the Dominican Summer League. In 9.1 innings, making five relief appearances and one start, he would allow 10 hits and surrender six earned runs while striking out seven. He would go 0-3 on the bump for a 5.79 ER before being sent Indians/Brewers co-op team in the DSL. There he would pitch in one game with seven earned runs in a third of an inning. Morillo 24, was born in La Vega, Dominican Republic.