{"id":2334436,"date":"2026-03-18T05:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2334436"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T05:54:14","slug":"pirates-acquire-evan-sisk-and-callan-moss-in-trade-with-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pirates-acquire-evan-sisk-and-callan-moss-in-trade-with-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates acquire Evan Sisk and Callan Moss in trade with Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"submission-link-wrapper\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=Pittsburgh%2C+PA&amp;city=Pittsburgh&amp;type=Update+Existing+Story&amp;headline=Pirates+acquire+Evan+Sisk+and+Callan+Moss+in+trade+with+Royals&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fpa%2Fpittsburgh%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F18%2Fpirates-acquire-evan-sisk-and-callan-moss-in-trade-with-royals%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Got story updates?<\/span> Submit your updates here. \u203a<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired minor league pitchers Evan Sisk and Callan Moss from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for pitcher Bailey Falter, according to MLB.com reporter Alex Stumpf.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it matters<\/h2>\n<p>This trade represents an effort by the Pirates to bolster their minor league pitching depth by bringing in two young prospects from the Royals&#8217; system. Sisk and Moss will look to develop in the Pirates&#8217; farm system and potentially contribute at the major league level in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>The details<\/h2>\n<p>In the deal, the Pirates sent pitcher Bailey Falter to the Royals. Sisk and Moss are both right-handed pitchers currently playing in the minors. Sisk, 24, has spent time at Double-A and Triple-A over the past two seasons, while the 22-year-old Moss is in High-A.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The trade was completed on Thursday, March 18, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"news-callout-box\">\n<h2>The players<\/h2>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3>Evan Sisk<\/h3>\n<p>A right-handed minor league pitcher acquired by the Pirates from the Royals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3>Callan Moss<\/h3>\n<p>A right-handed minor league pitcher acquired by the Pirates from the Royals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news-callout-item\">\n<h3>Bailey Falter<\/h3>\n<p>A pitcher traded by the Pirates to the Royals in this deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.nationaltoday.com\/news?location=Pittsburgh%2C+PA&amp;city=Pittsburgh&amp;type=Upload+Story+Photos&amp;headline=Pirates+acquire+Evan+Sisk+and+Callan+Moss+in+trade+with+Royals&amp;page=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaltoday.com%2Fus%2Fpa%2Fpittsburgh%2Fnews%2F2026%2F03%2F18%2Fpirates-acquire-evan-sisk-and-callan-moss-in-trade-with-royals%2F\" class=\"submission-link\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span>Got photos?<\/span> Submit your photos here. \u203a<\/span><\/a>      <\/div>\n<h2>What\u2019s next<\/h2>\n<p>The two prospects acquired by the Pirates, Evan Sisk and Callan Moss, will report to the team&#8217;s minor league affiliates and look to continue developing their skills with the goal of potentially contributing at the major league level in the future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-highlight-box\">\n<h2>The takeaway<\/h2>\n<p>This trade represents an effort by the rebuilding Pirates to add young pitching talent to their farm system, with the hope that Sisk and Moss can eventually make an impact at the big league level.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n      window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n        FB.init({\n          appId: '179692745920433',\n          cookie: true,\n          xfbml: true,\n          version: 'v17.0'\n        });\n        FB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n      };\n      (function(d, s, id){\n        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n        if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n      }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n    <\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nationaltoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired minor league pitchers Evan Sisk and Callan Moss from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for pitcher Bailey Falter, according to MLB.com reporter Alex Stumpf. Why it matters This trade represents an effort by the Pirates to bolster their minor league pitching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2288032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2334436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Royals-All-Star-Pitcher-Draws-Trade-Speculation-in-Spring-Training.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2334437,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334436\/revisions\/2334437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}