Gant begins his first season with the Ducks and 13th in professional baseball. The pitcher spent six seasons in the Major Leagues, pitching with the Atlanta Braves (2016), St. Louis Cardinals (2017-21) and Minnesota Twins (2021). In 173 MLB games (49 starts), he compiled a 24-26 record with a 3.89 ERA, three saves and 325 strikeouts over 372.2 innings pitched. The righty pitched a scoreless ninth inning in his MLB debut on April 6, 2016, against the Washington Nationals, and he earned his first Major League win on June 17, 2016, against the New York Mets at Citi Field with six and two-thirds innings of one-run ball.

The Georgia native was named a South Atlantic League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star with his hometown Savannah Sand Gnats (A, Mets) in 2014 and earned Pitcher of the Week honors twice. He also garnered New York-Penn League Mid-Season All-Star honors in 2013 with the Brooklyn Cyclones (A-, Mets) and was Pitcher of the Week once. Most recently, the 32-year-old pitched with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan during the 2023 season. Gant was originally selected by the Mets in the 21st round of the 2011 amateur draft.