John Gant
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 4" 200LBS | Age: 32
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 21, #642, New York Mets | Wiregrass Ranch (FL) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 11 1 3.66 64 0 3 66.1 60 1.28
2020 0 3 2.40 17 0 0 15 18 1.07
2021 5 11 4.09 39 21 0 110 92 1.51
6 Seasons 24 26 3.89 173 49 3 372.2 325 1.39
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 64 11-1 3.66 66.1 60 1.28
2020 17 0-3 2.40 15 18 1.07
2021 39 5-11 4.09 110 92 1.51
6 Seasons 173 24-26 3.89 372.2 325 1.39
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2016 23 943 150 11 7.3 5.0 88.9 113.5 12.8 36.0 .278 .452 .350 .345 .414 39.3 22.1 9.5 4.86 5.14
2017 24 290 54 2 3.7 2.6 85.6 105.8 8.6 22.2 .237 .367 .369 .313 .306 33.3 14.5 13.2 4.67 4.21
2018 25 1875 333 16 4.8 3.3 88.8 113.8 11.9 30.9 .240 .363 .286 .311 .337 36.9 19.5 11.7 3.47 4.09
2019 26 1107 175 5 2.9 1.9 87.0 111.6 9.6 34.9 .232 .327 .283 .295 .323 31.2 22.3 12.6 3.66 3.80
2020 27 240 36 1 2.8 1.6 89.0 110.4 5.2 22.2 .196 .276 .216 .261 .307 47.2 29.5 11.5 2.40 2.84
2021 28 1975 322 18 5.6 3.7 89.9 111.8 10.1 32.0 .258 .394 .321 .344 .362 38.5 18.7 14.5 4.09 5.12
Player 6430 1070 53 5.0 3.3 88.7 113.8 10.7 31.9 .247 .375 .306 .321 .350 37.0 20.2 12.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Gant relies on 6 pitches.
Sinker
(36.8%) ,
Changeup
(22.5%) ,
Cutter
(19.7%) ,
Four Seamer
(12.5%) ,
Curveball
(5.6%) ,
Slider
(3.0%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 44.7 20.0 27.3 8.0 38.0 36.7 25.3 4.0 30.0 22.0 28.7 5.3 7.3 5.0
2017 53.7 18.5 20.4 7.4 35.2 37.0 24.1 3.7 44.4 24.1 18.5 5.6 3.7 2.6
2018 46.5 20.1 27.0 6.3 37.5 37.5 24.9 3.6 32.4 23.4 27.0 7.2 4.8 3.3
2019 46.3 14.9 30.9 8.0 35.4 39.4 25.1 2.9 39.4 23.4 27.4 2.9 2.9 1.9
2020 66.7 16.7 13.9 2.8 38.9 38.9 22.2 5.6 41.7 11.1 27.8 8.3 2.8 1.6
2021 49.1 23.0 23.3 4.7 42.2 33.9 23.9 4.0 34.8 22.4 28.0 4.7 5.6 3.7
Player 48.0 19.9 25.8 6.3 38.6 36.6 24.6 3.7 34.9 22.5 27.2 5.4 5.0 3.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2021 Cutter MIN R 389 85.4 31.4 -1.2 1.8GLV -1.4 5.8 -2.2 1.8GLV -1.1
2021 Sinker MIN R 726 91.6 20.1 -2.4 16.3ARM 1.7 12.6 -3.8 16.3ARM 1.5
2021 Curveball MIN R 110 74.7 63.5 2.0 6.4GLV -3.5 -14.0 3.9 6.4GLV -2.8
2021 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 246 92.0 16.6 -0.8 12.0ARM 5.0 16.0 -0.2 12.0ARM 4.8
2021 Slider MIN R 60 80.0 46.8 4.3 2.4GLV -4.7 -4.3 6.1 2.4GLV -3.3
2021 Changeup MIN R 444 80.1 36.0 2.9 12.8ARM 0.0 6.6 -0.3 12.8ARM -1.1
2020 4-Seam Fastball STL R 32 94.0 15.1 -0.5 10.8ARM 3.8 15.9 -0.1 10.8ARM 3.5
2020 Curveball STL R 30 76.3 62.1 2.7 7.2GLV -2.2 -14.8 5.1 7.2GLV -2.0
2020 Changeup STL R 56 81.8 33.7 2.8 11.4ARM -0.9 7.2 -0.8 11.4ARM -2.0
2020 Slider STL R 29 85.4 35.6 -0.2 2.0GLV -2.4 1.7 -0.3 2.0GLV -3.3
2020 Sinker STL R 93 93.8 18.8 -1.8 15.3ARM 0.9 12.4 -3.3 15.3ARM 0.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 Sinker 0.5 4 726 36.8 201 .241 .352 .354 13.7 14.4 18.8 .297 .454 .390 44.9
2021 Changeup -0.9 -4 444 22.5 109 .217 .413 .335 37.5 21.1 15.0 .231 .329 .312 32.9
2021 Cutter 0.8 3 389 19.7 90 .211 .329 .319 30.2 18.9 16.7 .252 .397 .344 30.5
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -5 246 12.5 59 .294 .471 .332 21.2 30.5 16.5 .187 .279 .254 31.4
2021 Curveball 0.3 0 110 5.6 15 .214 .214 .287 18.2 0.0 0.0 .336 .588 .410 57.1
2021 Slider 3.3 2 60 3.0 15 .154 .231 .237 32.0 33.3 20.8 .183 .328 .280 37.5
2020 Sinker 0.5 0 93 38.8 24 .182 .182 .246 13.2 16.7 18.2 .181 .204 .214 50.0
2020 Changeup 3.0 2 56 23.3 14 .083 .083 .164 51.6 42.9 28.6 .129 .196 .221 16.7
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 0 32 13.3 9 .143 .143 .256 23.1 33.3 18.8 .305 .509 .422 75.0
2020 Curveball 2.1 1 30 12.5 9 .250 .250 .278 33.3 33.3 37.5 .216 .312 .277 40.0
2020 Slider 4.2 1 29 12.1 5 .200 .400 .313 53.8 40.0 66.7 .247 .440 .280 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2021 Changeup 441 80.1 96 14.5 2:00 2:15 -15
2021 Curveball 109 74.7 79 18.4 7:00 6:45 15
2021 Cutter 383 85.4 27 5.8 12:00 11:00 60
2021 4-Seam Fastball 244 92.0 97 19.8 1:30 1:15 15
2021 Sinker 717 91.6 96 20.7 1:30 1:45 -15
2021 Slider 60 80.0 34 7.2 8:00 6:45 75
2020 Changeup 55 81.8 96 13.4 2:00 2:15 -15
2020 Curveball 30 76.3 83 19.4 7:00 6:45 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 30 94.2 96 19.0 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Sinker 85 94.0 96 19.9 1:15 1:45 -30
2020 Slider 26 85.5 20 3.8 10:30 9:15 75
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

! Note: Data is available from 2020 through the present.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 219 933 3 0 -5 -4 -7
2017 75 290 2 0 -3 -1 -3
2018 484 1,873 14 14 -11 -8 8
2019 264 1,085 12 9 -8 -7 6
2020 61 240 2 4 -1 -1 4
2021 489 1,975 15 27 -24 -17 1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 943 46.9 68.3 83.4 25.7 60.5 42.1 59.9 45.7 23.0 6.8 76.6
2017 290 46.2 70.9 82.1 25.0 59.0 48.3 60.5 46.2 23.9 5.9 88.2
2018 1,875 50.9 66.2 78.8 26.5 57.8 42.7 61.5 46.8 26.2 8.5 81.3
2019 1,107 50.7 68.2 79.2 26.2 54.3 45.7 57.8 47.2 27.4 6.4 76.8
2020 240 52.1 60.8 75.0 27.0 48.4 43.3 70.5 44.6 32.7 8.3 60.0
2021 1,975 45.8 67.7 81.7 22.7 57.6 42.0 53.1 43.3 24.6 6.5 75.8
Player 6,430 48.5 67.3 80.4 25.0 57.3 43.2 58.4 45.5 25.6 7.1 77.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2016 16 9 21 27 8 65 20 37 12 60 26 48 14 41 84 71 71
2017 51 83 66
2018 44 49 68 79 24 49 79 34 35 30 8 59 33 54 91 65 61
2019 71 64 93 99 32 97 98 86 87 48 9 63 18 86 94 70 69
2020 59 89 45
2021 18 24 51 71 1 47 83 24 51 17 2 37 4 23 86 51 48
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 22.8 7 6.9 0 1 5 3 42.9
2017 22.7 4 3.9 0 1 3 1 25.0
2018 22.7 9 10.3 -1 4 11 2 22.2
2019 24.0 4 4.0 0 0 2 3 75.0
2020 -- 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 --
2021 22.1 10 10.1 0 6 9 5 50.0
Player 22.7 34 35.2 -1 13 30 14 41.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2016 7 6 5 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 6 7 8 7 7 6 8 9 7 7 7 8 7 7 6
2017 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3
2018 9 14 7 11 12 8 13 9 9 7 8 13 12 9 8 12 10 7 11 12 10 11 13 13 9 8 10 13 13 10 6
2019 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 3
2020 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2021 10 10 9 11 9 7 11 13 6 7 7 11 12 7 10 12 7 9 11 12 12 11 15 12 10 7 12 11 13 8 10
Player 34 38 28 39 36 30 40 36 27 27 29 39 41 31 33 39 31 30 38 40 38 35 46 42 33 29 37 42 42 33 28
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.4 93.0 0.6 93.2 0.2 94.9 1.7 93.8 -1.1 89.9 -3.9
Offspeed Velocity 81.0 81.7 0.7 81.5 -0.2 83.1 1.6 81.8 -1.3 80.1 -1.7
Breaking Velocity 75.7 80.0 4.3 78.2 -1.8 77.1 -1.1 80.7 3.6 76.6 -4.1
Exit Velocity 88.9 85.6 -3.3 88.8 3.2 87.0 -1.8 89.0 2.0 89.9 0.9
Launch Angle 12.8 8.6 -4.2 11.9 3.3 9.6 -2.3 5.2 -4.4 10.1 4.9
Barrel % 7.3 3.7 -3.6 4.8 1.1 2.9 -1.9 2.8 -0.1 5.6 2.8
Hard Hit % 39.3 33.3 -6.0 36.9 3.6 31.2 -5.7 47.2 16.0 38.5 -8.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.0 22.2 -13.8 30.9 8.7 34.9 4.0 22.2 -12.7 32.0 9.8
xBA .278 .237 -0.041 .240 0.003 .232 -0.008 .196 -0.036 .258 0.062
BA .278 .266 -0.012 .216 -0.050 .217 0.001 .167 -0.050 .233 0.066
xwOBA .345 .313 -0.032 .311 -0.002 .295 -0.016 .261 -0.034 .344 0.083
wOBA .350 .369 0.019 .286 -0.083 .283 -0.003 .216 -0.067 .321 0.105
xSLG .452 .367 -0.085 .363 -0.004 .327 -0.036 .276 -0.051 .394 0.118
SLG .479 .516 0.037 .336 -0.180 .323 -0.013 .185 -0.138 .368 0.183
K% 22.1 14.5 -7.6 19.5 5.0 22.3 2.8 29.5 7.2 18.7 -10.8
BB% 9.5 13.2 3.7 11.7 -1.5 12.6 0.9 11.5 -1.1 14.5 3.0
Swing % 45.7 46.2 0.5 46.8 0.6 47.2 0.4 44.6 -2.6 43.3 -1.3
Whiff% 23.0 23.9 0.9 26.2 2.3 27.4 1.2 32.7 5.3 24.6 -8.1
In Zone % 46.9 46.2 -0.7 50.9 4.7 50.7 -0.2 52.1 1.4 45.8 -6.3
Out of Zone % 53.1 53.8 0.7 49.1 -4.7 49.3 0.2 47.9 -1.4 54.2 6.3
Out of Zone Swing % 25.7 25.0 -0.7 26.5 1.5 26.2 -0.3 27.0 0.8 22.7 -4.3
First Pitch Swing % 24.8 34.2 9.4 29.0 -5.2 26.1 -2.9 23.0 -3.1 27.3 4.3
First Pitch Strike % 59.9 60.5 0.6 61.5 1.0 57.8 -3.7 70.5 12.7 53.1 -17.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 216 .344 100 7 7.0 116 31 26.7
2017 Shifts 75 .369 42 0 0.0 33 2 6.1
2018 Shifts 484 .286 236 2 0.8 248 18 7.3
2019 Shifts 264 .285 172 6 3.5 92 25 27.2
2020 Shifts 61 .216 41 7 17.1 20 4 20.0
2021 Shifts 478 .316 267 34 12.7 211 88 41.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2016 279 17.7 24.4% 2.5% 139 25.9 7.9% 18.7%
2017 91 15.9 29.7% 0.0% 40 25.2 0.0% 10.0%
2018 561 16.8 18.9% 1.4% 286 28.2 0.0% 35.0%
2019 296 16.2 31.4% 0.3% 179 26.9 0.0% 26.8%
2020 60 16.4 33.3% 0.0% 48 28.4 0.0% 29.2%
2021 543 17.7 17.1% 1.8% 356 29.1 0.0% 43.0%

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Pitch Distribution