José Guillermo Morales (born February 20, 1983) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher.

He attended high school at Academia de Providencia in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

[1] Going into the draft, Baseball America wrote that "Morales has solid tools across the board for a shortstop, except for his speed... On the positive side, he's a switch-hitter who can handle the bat.

In 2003, Morales was converted to catcher and played for two Single-A teams, the Quad City River Bandits and the Fort Myers Miracle.

On September 6, 2007, with Joe Mauer and Mike Redmond banged up, his contract was purchased by the big league club.

The next day, the Twins purchased the contract of Matt LeCroy and placed Morales on the 60-day DL, thus ending his 2007 season.

In 2008, Morales was hitting .315 with the Red Wings before going on the disabled list again June 12 with a sprained left ankle.

[5] In 2009, Morales made the Twins opening day roster due to an injury to starting catcher Joe Mauer.