Overview

• Kansas City acquired left-hander Bailey Falter from the Pittsburgh Pirates for prospects Evan Sisk and Callan Moss.
• Falter is 7-5 with a 3.73 ERA, 70 strikeouts and 39 walks over 113⅓ innings in 22 starts this season.
• The Royals also added right-handers Ryan Bergert and Stephen Kolek from the San Diego Padres in a separate deal.
• Falter was selected by the Phillies in the fifth round of the 2015 draft, debuted in 2021, and was traded to Pittsburgh at the 2023 deadline.
• Kansas City parted with Sisk—a lefty who posted a 1.69 ERA in 5⅓ big-league innings—and first-base prospect Callan Moss, who hit .270 with seven homers in High-A Quad Cities.