Was born in San Diego and grew up in Southern California, idolizing Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman and rooting for the Padres...Played collegiately at Orange Coast College and Hope International University...His coach at OCC was John Atobelli, who tragically passed away, along with his wife Keri and daughter Alyssa, in the helicopter that took the lives of legendary NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna...The accident happened two days prior to the start of Morgan's sophomore season...The day he was called up to the big leagues was April 27, which is the birthday of Lexi Atobelli, John and Keri's surviving daughter...Morgan has a string of Roman numerals tattooed down the right side of his neck, with each number filled with meaning, including No. 22: the number Atobelli wore at OCC.
2025
The San Diego native had his contract selected from Double-A San Antonio prior to appearing at the Triple-A level in a season that ended with a scoreless inning and striking out two of his three batters faced in Game 3 of the Wild Card series at Wrigley Field vs. CHC…He was also not a part of Major League Spring Training in 2025...Began the season with six straight scoreless outings with Double-A San Antonio from April 4-19 before being scored upon (three ER) in his seventh appearance on April 22 at Amarillo…Across those seven outings prior to his call-up to the big league roster, he struck out multiple hitters in each outing and posted a 19-to-one SO/BB ratio (20.85 SO/9 IP)...Selected to the Major League roster on April 27 from Double-A San Antonio but did not make his MLB debut before being optioned to Triple-A El Paso on May 4...Went scoreless in five of his seven outings with El Paso, posting a combined 11-to-one SO/BB ratio with a career-high seven of his eight earned runs allowed coming in one outing May 20 vs. Tacoma…Remove that outing, and his 6.91 Minor League ERA was 2.57 across his other 13 outings...Recalled to the Major League roster from ELP on May 25, where he remained for the balance of the season...Made his first two MLB appearances during the MIA series in May...Made his MLB Debut May 26 vs. MIA, retiring both of his two batters faced on six pitches…Struck out the side but allowed a game-tying three-run HR (Otto Lopez) on May 28 in SD's eventual 10-8 defeat (was charged with just one ER)...Became the first Padre since Adrian Morejon in 2019 to record five strikeouts without issuing a walk within his first three career games in the Majors, and one of six Padres to start his career in such a way while limiting opponents to one or fewer runs (last: Brad Wieck in 2018)...Made his first two career starts as an opener (July 6 vs. TEX and Aug. 31 at MIN)...Allowed one earned run in 3.1 combined IP as an opener/starter (2.70 ERA)...Picked up his first career win on July 12 vs. PHI after stranding both runners in scoring position in the seventh and retiring three of four batters faced...Posted a career-best 9.1 scoreless-inning streak across nine straight outings from July 23-Aug. 12...On Aug. 18 vs. SF, became the 10th Padres rookie to give up seven runs or fewer in his first 30 career appearances (last: Tom Cosgrove in '23)...Placed on the 15-day IL (right shoulder inflammation) on Sept. 12 before being reinstated on Sept. 24...Secured his first career hold in his penultimate outing on Sept 26 vs. ARI…Also gave up a career-high three walks in the outing, a 7-4 SD victory...Had the fifth-best ERA (2.66) among NL rookie relief pitchers (at least 80% games in relief) in 2025 who threw 45.0 IP+...Went scoreless in 31 of his 41 outings on the season…In the 10 outings he got scored upon, he allowed just one earned run in nine of those 10, surrendering a career-high five ER on Aug. 25 at SEA...Became the 12th rookie in Padres history to post an ERA of 2.75 or lower...In games he has tossed 2.0 IP, he owned a 0.64 ERA and .133 BA against, going scoreless in six of those seven appearances...His four-seamer averaged 97.5 mph, ranking in the 92nd percentile league-wide...Opponents hit .185 against the pitch (.241 xBA)...Finished off games 15 times, but 11 of the 15 were in losing efforts...His four-seamer averaged 97.5 mph, ranking in the 92nd percentile league-wide.
POSTSEASON: Struck out two of his three batters faced (Carson Kelly and Dansby Swanson) in G3 of the Wild Card series at Wrigley Field vs. CHC, becoming the 12th rookie in franchise history make a postseason appearance.
2024
Split the season between High-A Fort Wayne and Double-A San Antonio, totaling a 4.96 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 41 games...Allowed at least one ER in each of his first seven appearances (8.49 ERA, .306 BA against) from April 6-May 3...Went scoreless in 10 of his next 11 outings from May 8-June 12 (1.20 ERA, .100 BA against)...Went scoreless in 14 of his final 24 outings from June 12-Sept. 10 (5.25 ERA, .254 BA against).
2023
Split the 2023 campaign between Low-A Lake Elsinore and High-A Fort Wayne...In 28 games for the two affiliates, he compiled a 4-3 record and 3.83 ERA with 46 strikeouts to 13 walks...He was promoted to Fort Wayne on Aug. 15 and allowed just one unearned run, including his first professional save in his final outing on Aug. 30 vs. South Bend.
2022
After going undrafted in the 2022 First-Year Player Draft, he signed with the Padres as a Minor League free agent and made his professional debut with the Arizona Complex League Padres (R), posting a 3.00 ERA with four strikeouts over three appearances.
