John Gant

[William Malone]

John Michael Gant was born on August 6, 1992 in Savannah, Georgia.

The New York Mets selected him in round 21 of the 2011 MLB Draft. He was traded to the Atlanta Braves at the 2015 deadline, and made his Major League debut for them in 2016. Gant made seven starts and 13 relief appearances for the Braves as a rookie. He was traded again in the off-season, landing with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Gant was 22-17 with a 3.52 ERA over parts of five seasons for the Cardinals, making 35 starts and 104 relief appearances. They traded him to the Minnesota Twins for veteran starter J.A. Happ at the 2021 deadline. Minnesota continued to use Gant as a hybrid starter/reliever. He made seven starts and seven relief appearances for the Twins after the deadline, going 1-5 with a 5.61 ERA. His lone win came on September 7th against the Cleveand Indians, when he tossed five shutout innings with seven strikeouts.

He had two injury plagued seasons in Japan, logging just 9.2 innings over the 2022 and 2023 campaigns for the Nippon-Ham Fighters. Gant sat out 2024, and began 2025 with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. After recording a 1.71 ERA through four starts there, he signed a minor league deal with the Kansas City Royals.

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