C | Bats/Throws: S/R | 5' 11" 177 lbs | Age: 19
MLB Pipeline Rank
Reds: No. 23
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2025 139 116 20 30 4 6 .259 .381 .431 .812
Career Minors 295 230 51 59 6 9 .257 .414 .439 .853
AVG HR SB OPS
2025 .259 4 6 .812
Career Minors .257 6 9 .853
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Standard Minor League Batting Statistics

SeasonTmLGLGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSHBPAVGOBPSLGOPS
2024 2 Teams Minors 39 156 114 31 29 14 1 2 23 40 21 3 2 0 .254 .442 .447 .889
2024 DSL Rojos DSL ROK 27 110 81 26 24 12 1 2 21 28 17 2 0 0 .296 .473 .543 1.016
2024 DSL Reds DSL ROK 12 46 33 5 5 2 0 0 2 12 4 1 2 0 .152 .370 .212 .582
2024 2 Teams ROK 39 156 114 31 29 14 1 2 23 40 21 3 2 0 .254 .442 .447 .889
2025 DSL Reds DSL ROK 33 139 116 20 30 8 0 4 27 23 25 6 2 0 .259 .381 .431 .812

Scouting Report

2026

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 50 | Run: 40 | Arm: 50 | Field: 40 | Overall: 40

With fewer options for Rookie or short-season ball available to teams, it’s become more common for young international signees to spend multiple seasons in the Dominican Summer League. The Reds did just that with their top three signings from the 2024 class: Adolfo Sanchez and Naibel Mariano, who both got seven-figure bonuses, and Morillo, who signed for $420,000. Morillo put up solid numbers both summers and is ready to come stateside.

Morillo is a switch-hitting catcher who will play all of his 2026 season in the United States at age 19. His bat is definitely ahead of his glove, with an advanced approach that led to more walks than strikeouts over two summers in the DSL and helped him hold his own against older competition in the Australian League this offseason. His swing works from both sides of the plate with more gap-to-gap thump right now, though there’s power for him to get to. He needs to tighten up his zone a little bit and his swing can get long, but there are building blocks for him to be an average hitter with average power.

While Morillo has more work to do behind the dish with maybe an average arm and more rudimentary receiving skills, the Reds love the intangibles and leadership qualities he possesses, including improving his English and showing up in Arizona early to get to work for the season ahead. There might come a time when they’ll want to move him from behind the plate so his bat can advance, but that decision isn’t coming any time soon.


Transactions

Team Date Transaction
03/15/2026 C Jirvin Morillo assigned to Cincinnati Reds.
03/05/2026 C Jirvin Morillo assigned to Cincinnati Reds Prospects.
12/31/2025 Sydney Blue Sox placed C Jirvin Morillo on the reserve list.
11/12/2025 C Jirvin Morillo assigned to Sydney Blue Sox.
08/21/2025 C Jirvin Morillo assigned to ACL Reds from DSL Reds.
07/23/2024 C Jirvin Morillo assigned to DSL Reds from DSL Rojos.
04/15/2024 DSL Rojos activated C Jirvin Morillo.
04/15/2024 C Jirvin Morillo assigned to DSL Rojos.
01/15/2024 Cincinnati Reds signed free agent C Jirvin Morillo to a minor league contract.