The Texas Rangers handed out their minor league awards for August, and the list is headlined by a hot bat, a breakout arm, a slick defender and a reliable bullpen piece.
Dylan Dreiling was named the organization’s Minor League Player of the Month after tearing through August with AA Frisco. Over 20 games and 95 plate appearances, he hit .429/.448/.667, reached base with at least one hit in every game, knocked 4 home runs and drew 10 walks while striking out 15 times.
The Rangers’ second-round pick in 2024 had a quiet 2025 season at high-A Hub City, but he’s taken off in the Texas League, where he’s now hitting .314/.384/.527 on the year. The 23-year-old left-handed hitter has spent almost all of this season in center field, and he looks likely to move up to AAA once the Texas League playoffs wrap up.
Moises Morales earned Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Month honors after a dominant stretch that has pushed him firmly onto the radar. The 22-year-old right-hander, signed out of Venezuela in July of 2023 as a 19-year-old, spent 2023 and 2024 in the Dominican Summer League before moving to the Arizona Complex League in 2025.
His first full season has not been smooth from the start - he gave up 10 runs in 13.1 innings over his first three outings and carried a 5.04 ERA through his first nine games - but he’s been excellent since then. Over his last 13 appearances, 12 for Hickory and one for Hub City, he has struck out 56 and walked 15 in 56 innings with a 1.77 ERA.
August was especially sharp for Morales. He made four appearances for Hickory, good enough for Carolina League Pitcher of the Month recognition, and also logged one outing for Hub City.
Across those five appearances, he fanned 20, walked 4, allowed a .224/.275/.259 slash line and posted a 1.44 ERA over 25 innings. He has kept it rolling into September, too, allowing one run on one hit and one walk in five innings last Friday while striking out 7.
Yolfran Castillo picked up the Minor League Defender of the Month award, and the Rangers made clear why. The 19-year-old shortstop from Venezuela, part of the club’s 2024 J-2 class, signed for $647,500 and made his mark after a strong debut in the Dominican Summer League.
He spent most of 2025 in the Arizona Complex League before moving to low-A Hickory after the complex season ended. Baseball America has called him the organization’s best defensive infielder, and the Rangers noted that he finished August with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
At the plate this season, Castillo is hitting .288/.390/.416 in 542 plate appearances over 119 games with Hickory and one game with Hub City, with 70 walks, 74 strikeouts and 55 steals in 65 attempts.
Kay Wynyard was named Minor League Reliever of the Month after a strong August out of the bullpen for Hub City. The 24-year-old right-hander was signed out of Australia in October 2020 and has spent almost his entire pro career in relief, aside from five ACL starts in 2021.
He’s logged plenty of miles through the Carolinas over the past five seasons, working mostly in the Carolina League and South Atlantic League. In August, he made six scoreless appearances for Hub City, striking out 13 and walking 4 in 10.2 innings.
Wynyard’s overall season numbers still carry the weight of a rough beginning, when he gave up 16 runs in 6.1 innings over his first five appearances. Even so, he’s settled in since then, posting a 3.77 ERA in 45.1 innings across 30 games for Hub City and one game for Frisco, where he is now. He has 59 strikeouts, 23 walks and 7 homers allowed on the season, and over his last 12 games he’s given up just two runs in 17 innings while striking out 23 and walking 8.
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