Gant worked around serious control issues to register a 3.42 ERA over his first 76 1/3 innings this past season with the Cardinals, but the wheels fell off following a July 30 deadline trade to the Twins. The 29-year-old right-hander will presumably get a chance to operate as a starter in NPB. He likely would have been stuck with a non-guaranteed minor league contract had he opted to wait through MLB's lockout.

Gant will test the open market after clearing waivers. The 29-year-old was acquired from the Cardinals in the J.A. Happ trade this summer and put up a rough 5.61 ERA in seven starts and seven relief appearances with the club. 

There has been no injury designation given at this time, but the right-hander was recently activated from the injured list with abdominal discomfort so this may be related. Gant surrendered six runs over four innings on Friday night and was unlikely going to make another appearance this season. More details should be available soon.

Oh dear. Not exactly the way you want to go out in your final start of the campaign. Gant struck out three and walked two over his four innings of work. While he did keep the ball in the park, the 29-year-old right-hander was repeatedly bullied for RBI knocks, with the Royals tagging him for two runs in the first inning, two runs in the third inning and two more in the fourth inning before he was mercifully relieved of his duties. Gant ends the 2021 campaign the owner of a dreary 5.61 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 92/71 K/BB ratio across 33 2/3 innings with the Twins after shuttling over to the Twin Cities from St. Louis via trade at the end of July.