# The Rangers prospect nobody's watching yet

> Yolfran Castillo stole 55 bases in Class-A and led his league, and Texas has nobody in the majors who can do that.
- Title: The Rangers prospect nobody's watching yet | Shortify
- Summary: Yolfran Castillo stole 55 bases in Class-A and led his league, and Texas has nobody in the majors who can do that. Castillo is a 19-year-old shortstop who…
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- Source: Texas Rangers On SI — https://si.com/mlb/rangers/onsi/rangers-best-kept-baserunning-secret-minor-leagues-powerful-future
- Published: 2026-09-12T16:00:03+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: baseball, texas rangers, prospects, minor leagues, base stealing, sports
## The wide net
Teams scout high school, college and international players because the next star can turn up anywhere. The cheap international signing sometimes beats the first-round pick.
## Meet Yolfran Castillo
He's the Rangers' No. 5 prospect, playing at Class-A Hickory where casual fans never look. Nineteen years old, out of Venezuela.

> This guy is coming almost as fast as he can get around the bases.
## Defender of the month, twice
Texas named him their defender of the month for August, his second time winning it this year. He's building a reputation as one of the system's best gloves.
## A flawless August
He handled all 82 defensive chances cleanly, mostly at shortstop, with 51 assists and 11 double plays in the month.
## The bat showed up too
His first full season ended at .288/.390/.416 with eight homers, 58 RBI, 26 doubles and four triples. Second-most hits in the Carolina League.
## Fifty-five steals
He led the Carolina League in stolen bases, caught just 10 times. That number is what pulls scouts' eyes off the spreadsheet.
## The math behind .390
130 hits plus 70 walks put him on base 200 times, and he stole a base on more than a quarter of them. The on-base number is earned, not lucky.

> He didn't get that .390 on-base percentage by accident.
## Nobody in Texas does this
Evan Carter leads the big league club with 16 steals. The Rangers roster has no one who can run the way Castillo runs.

> Texas has no one on their roster that can do what Castillo can do.
## Two more years, maybe
He's not close to a call-up. High-A Hub City is the floor for next season, a multi-affiliate jump is possible, and an aggressive path puts him in the majors by late 2028.

> He can't hide in plain sight anymore.
## Key takeaway

Castillo is a 19-year-old shortstop who gets on base at a .390 clip and runs, and he's roughly two years from Arlington.