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Atlanta Braves Top 100 Prospect – #13 John Gant Scouting Report

By Benjamin Chase

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Jul 4, 2014; Atlanta, GA, USA; The glove, cap, and batting glove of Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Martin Prado (14) in the dugout during the game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. The Braves defeated the Diamondbacks 5-2. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 4, 2014; Atlanta, GA, USA; The glove, cap, and batting glove of Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Martin Prado (14) in the dugout during the game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. The Braves defeated the Diamondbacks 5-2. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /

Atlanta Braves Right Hander John Gant

Who Is He?

Gant was a 21st round selection in the 2011 draft out of high school in Florida by the New York Mets. The Mets put him in their Gulf Coast League team that summer, and the 18 year-old showed his inexperience, posting a 6.48 ERA and 1.32 WHIP over 4 appearances, 1 of them a start, totaling 8 1/3 innings. He posted 3 walks and 5 strikeouts in his time that season.

The Mets sent Gant to the Appalachian League to start 2012, and he pitched fairly well, earning a late season promotion to Savannah in the South Atlantic League. All told on the season, he made 12 starts, throwing 59 2/3 innings, totaling a 4.98 ERA and 1.53 WHIP while posting a 19/52 BB/K ratio.

Gant spent all of 2013 with Brooklyn in the low-A New York Penn League, and he posted very solid numbers there over 13 starts and 71 2/3 innings. He had a 2.89 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, and a 28/81 BB/K on the season.

Gant continued his one-step-at-a-time advance through the Mets system in 2014, spending the season at full-season A-ball with Savannah in the South Atlantic League, going 11-5 over 21 starts and 123 innings. He totaled a 2.56 ERA and 1.20 WHIP with a 40/114 BB/K ratio.

Next: Gant's scouting report

Gant started 2015 in high-A St. Lucie of the Florida State League, and he was simply dominating, sporting a 1.79 ERA over 6 starts before being promoted to AA Binghamton of the Eastern League, where he had some struggles before the Mets traded him to the Braves in the July deal involving Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson. Gant caught fire with AA Mississippi with the Braves, sporting a 1.99 ERA over 7 starts for the Braves AA affiliate. His 2015 total line among the three stops was 24 starts, 140 1/3 innings, 3.08 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, and 50/134 BB/K. His final Mississippi line was 7 starts, 40 2/3 innings, 1.99 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, and 14/43 BB/K.

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