Deivy Grullón


Deivy Wilrin Grullón is a Dominican professional baseball catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. He made his major league debut in 2019.

Career

Minor leagues

Grullón was born in Bonao, Dominican Republic. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies for $575,000 as an international free agent, in July 2012.
In 2013, Grullón made his Minor League Baseball debut as a 17-year-old with the Gulf Coast Phillies in the Rookie Gulf Coast League, batting.273/.333/.364, with 1 home run and 14 runs batted in, in 121 at bats. In 2014, he played for the Williamsport Crosscutters in the Class A-Short New York-Penn League, the Lakewood BlueClaws in the Class A South Atlantic League, and the Clearwater Threshers in the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, batting.227/.267/.297, with 1 HR and 26 RBI, in 273 AB, for the three teams combined.
Grullón played in Lakewood in 2015 and 2016. He played in 2017 with Clearwater and with the Reading Fightin Phils of the Double-A Eastern League, batting a combined.249/.283/.398, with 12 HR and 37 RBI, in 354 AB. Grullón was named a mid-season 2017 Florida State League All Star.
Grullón played 2018 with Reading, batting.273/.310/.515, with 21 HR and 59 RBI, in 326 AB. He was named a 2018 Eastern League mid-season and post-season All Star, and a 2018 MiLB Phillies Organization All Star. Grullón also won the 2018 Eastern League Home Run Derby.
Grullón started 2019 with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the Triple-A International League, batting.283/.354/.496, with 21 home runs and 77 RBIs, as well as 133 strikeouts, in 407 at bats. He was named a 2019 International League All Star. Baseball America ranked Grullón the team's 12th-best prospect, and MLB Pipeline ranked him the Phillies 19th-best prospect while grading his arm as a 65 out of 80. He is known for having a very strong arm.

Philadelphia Phillies

On September 1, 2019, the Phillies selected Grullón's contract, promoting him to the big leagues. He made his MLB debut on September 22 versus the Cleveland Indians as a pinch hitter for Jay Bruce and remained in the game as the designated hitter. Grullón‘s 2019 Phillies stat line included one hit in nine at bats.