John Walter Gast

Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 16, 1989 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, US
High School: Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL)
School: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 5th round of the 2007 from Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 2010 from Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL).

Major League Stats

• 6/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Stacking the Draft (Part 1): Singing in Springfield: As much as I enjoy the lead-up to the MLB Rule 4 Draft, the honest truth is way too much misinformation comes out in the week...

• 5/15 Mets Chronicle: Recap: Game 36 - Mets (4) at Cardinals (10) - Beltran comes to life, Mets lose their fifth in a row: Final123456789RHE N.Y. Mets (14-22)000004000461 St. Louis (25-13)«30303100x10110 W: J. Gast (1-0) L: D. Gee (2-5) HR:...
• 5/15 Redbird Rants: John Gast Makes Major League Debut With Win vs. Mets:   John Gast made his Major League debut tonight as the starting pitcher in a 10-4 Cardinals win over the New York Mets. Gast...
• 5/14 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 38: Blast From The Gast: For five spectacular innings, rookie John Gast (1-0) bewitched the Mets with precise off-speed stuff in his Major League debut....
• 5/14 Rising Apple: 5/14 Game Recap: Mets Trounced by Cardinals 10-4: Dillon Gee didn’t have much, Robert Carson had less, and the Mets got annihilated tonight in St. Louis 10-4. After the Mets...
• 5/14 Baseball Musings: Gast Up: The Cardinals called up John Gast from AAA where he was posting a 1.16 ERA. The 24-year-old gave up four runs in six innings,...
• 5/14 FFLockerRoom: St. Louis Cardinals Recall Pitcher John Gast From Memphis: The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled left-handed pitcher John Gast from their Triple-A Memphis minor league affiliate. He takes...
• 5/14 Ballr: John Gast Gets A Shot: With Jake Westbrook headed to the disabled list with elbow inflammation, the Cardinals are calling up 24 year old left-hander...
• 5/14 MTRMedia.com: Mets Series Matchup Report: Mets Hitters vs Cardinals Starters (Games 36-38): METS (14-21, fourth place/NL East) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (24-13, first place/NL Central) Tuesday 5/14: RHP Dillon Gee (2-4,...
• 5/14 Mets Chronicle: Preview: Game 36 - Mets at Cardinals - Gee vs Gast : New York Mets (14-21) at St. Louis Cardinals (24-13) 8:15 PM ET SeasonRd/HmLast StartLast 3 App STARTERSGSRECERAAIPRECERADATEOPPDECIPHERRECIPERA ...
• 5/14 i70baseball.com: Joe Kelly would be better choice to start during Jake Westbrook absence: The St. Louis Cardinals suffered the first crack in their best-in-baseball starting rotation Sunday when they placed Jake Westbrook...
• 5/14 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: May 14: DraftKings.com Team of the Day As always, I’m playing in the Double Up! contest on DraftKings. Don’t forget to get your deposit...
• 5/14 Rising Apple: 5/13 Game Recap: Mets Play Shoddy Defense, Lose to Cardinals 6-3: The Mets fell to St. Louis tonight 6-3 in the first game of a seven game road trip. Jeremy Hefner got the start for the Mets and...
• 5/13 CardinalsFarm.com: John Gast starts a domino effect of roster moves: This weekend, the Cardinals made a few roster moves that involved some top pitching prospects. These moves indicate that the Cardinals...
• 5/13 New York Mets Report: Mets Wrap: Jeremy Hefner Gives Quality Start; Offense Does Not: The newest Met, Rick Ankiel, couldn’t hold onto Ty Wigginton’s sinking line drive for a double. Wigginton then scored from...
• 5/13 Mets Merized: Bullpen Falters, Bats Silenced, Mets Dealt 6-3 Loss By Cards: The newest Met, Rick Ankiel, couldn’t hold onto Ty Wigginton’s sinking line drive for a double. Wigginton then scored...
• 5/13 CardinalsFarm.com: Ryan Jackson and Kyle Helisek are Players of the Week – Weekly Farm Report: Every Monday, I will provide a Weekly Farm Report that recaps the previous week’s action for all of the Cards’ farm...
• 5/13 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Weekly farm system report - May 13 edition: Every Monday, John Nagel of CardinalsFarm.com will provide StlSportsMinute.com with a St. Louis Cardinals...
• 5/13 New York Mets Report: Mets Add Rick Ankiel As Their Season Goes To The Brink: How much will Rick Ankiel help the Mets is hard to say. After all, he misses on 42 percent of his swings, which even exceeds Ike...
• 5/13 Mets Chronicle: Mets Series Matchup Report: Mets Hitters vs Cardinals Starters (Games 35-38): METS (14-20, fourth place/NL East) vs. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (23-13, first place/NL Central) Monday 5/13: RHP Jeremy Hefner...
• 5/13 MLB Injury News: Cardinals place Jake Westbrook on DL: The St. Louis Cardinals have placed right-handed starting pitcher Jake Westbrook on the 15-day disabled list due to inflammation...
• 5/12 El Maquino: WITH JAY HITTING, MATH NOW HAS LEADOFF OPTIONS: > Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright absolutely ran over the National League’s best offense in the first two games of...
• 5/10 CardinalsFarm.com: Jamie Romak and Patrick Wisdom homer in a down night: It was a rainy, rough night for the Baby Birds as Springfield and the second Peoria game were washed out. The three games that...
• 5/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Starting Pitchers: If the Baltimore Orioles can get Jair Jurrjens to pitch like he did for the Atlanta Braves from 2008-2011 they will have a serious...
• 5/9 CardinalsFarm.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Updated Top 20 Prospects for May: Every month of the season, I am going to update the top 20 prospects list according to performances and general opinions. I also...
• 5/6 Redbird Dugout: 3 Up, 3 Down: Week 5: A little different format to this week’s 3U3D. Three Up: 1. Carlos Martinez got the call earlier this week and so far, through...
• 5/4 CardinalsFarm.com: Ryan Jackson and James Ramsey lone bright spots Friday night: It was another slow night for the Baby Birds. Springfield, Peoria, and the second Palm Beach game were all rained out. Peoria...
• 5/4 CardinalsFarm.com: Ryan Jackson and James Ramsey lone bright spots on Friday: It was another slow night for the Baby Birds. Springfield, Peoria, and the second Palm Beach game were all rained out. Peoria...
• 5/3 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Starting Pitchers: What I wouldn't give to be a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals. What a **** good organization. They already boost a pitching staff...
• 5/2 STLCardinalBaseball: Down on the Farm: End of AprilOne month of the season has already passed and though the Cardinals are looking pretty good (except the bullpen), many ......
• 5/2 CardinalsFarm.com: St. Louis Cardinals: CardinalsFarm April Minor League Players of the Month: With April out of the way, lets take a look at CardinalsFarm’s Players of the Month: Player of the Month - Mike O’Neill...

• 4/30 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Weekly farm system report - April 29 edition: Every Monday, John Nagel of CardinalsFarm.com will provide StlSportsMinute.com with a St. Louis Cardinals...
• 4/29 Redbird Dugout: 3 Up, 3 Down: Week 4: One up: Jon Jay A week ago Jon Jay was hitting .197 and Mike Matheny started giving him some time off to work on his swing timing....
• 4/29 Redbird Rants: Options to Silence the Alarming Bullpen: Alarms are sounding all across Cardinal Nation as the bullpen ERA continues to swell like a bloated tick, and the losses continue...
• 4/28 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras goes deep, Mike O’Neill perfect at the plate: It was a busy day for the Baby Birds as both the Memphis Redbirds and Springfield Cardinals had double headers. Oscar Taveras...
• 4/26 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Top AAA Starting Pitchers: Starting pitching always seems to have a difficult transition from the minors to the Bigs, but Tony Cingrani and Jose Fernandez...
• 4/22 StlSportsMinute.com: St. Louis Cardinals: Weekly farm system report - April 22 edition: Every Monday, John Nagel of CardinalsFarm.com will provide StlSportsMinute.com with a St. Louis Cardinals...
• 4/22 CardinalsFarm.com: John Gast continues his scoreless streak – 4/21 Cardinals Farm Report: The Baby Birds went 3-1 on Sunday with some very positive outings by pitchers and hitters. John Gast continued his scoreless streak...
• 4/19 CardinalsFarm.com: Friday Prospect Temperature Check – Who’s Hot/Who’s Cold: Every Friday, CardinalsFarm will bring you a temperature check where we look at a few players who are hot and cold in the past...
• 4/17 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras falls into a mini-slump: A very solid night for the St. Louis Cardinals’ affiliates as Memphis, Springfield, and Peoria all win. Palm Beach falls...
• 4/17 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras falls into a mini-slump – 4/16 Cardinals Farm Report: A very solid night for the St. Louis Cardinals’ affiliates as Memphis, Springfield, and Peoria all win. Palm Beach falls...
• 4/16 CardinalsFarm.com: John Gast: Baby Bird of the Night for April 16th: Memphis Redbirds starting pitcher, John Gast, has been named the Baby Bird of the Night for April 16th. Gast was making his third...
• 4/11 Seedlings to Stars: April 10th Honor Roll: Archie Bradley and Reynaldo Rodriguez: Wednesday’s MiLB pitcher and hitter of the day are on opposite ends of the prospect spectrum. One is a part of the game’s...
• 4/11 CardinalsFarm.com: John Gast and Kyle Hald have solid outings – 4/10 – Cardinals Farm Report: With the Springfield Cardinals off preparing for their 2013 Hammons Field debut, the system was down to three games. Peoria’s...
• 4/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Memphis Redbirds all-time opening day startersA look back at every opening day pitcher in the 16-year history of the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds....
• 4/6 CardinalsFarm.com: Kolten Wong makes his Triple-A debut – 4/5 – Cardinals Farm Report: Scott McGregor takes the honor of Baby Bird of the Night going 5 2/3 innings allowing 1 hit, walking 3, and striking out 5 Game...
• 4/4 Redbird Dugout: Memphis Redbirds begin play tonight: The Triple-A Memphis Redbirds will begin their 2013 season tonight at Auto Zone Park against the Oklahoma City Redhawks, an affiliate...
• 4/2 CardinalsFarm.com: Oscar Taveras, Kolten Wong, and Michael Wacha lead the 2013 Memphis Redbirds: The Memphis Redbirds announced their preliminary 2013 opening day roster on Monday and it is full of veterans and top prospects....
• 4/1 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals minor league spring training notebook: 03/30/13Highlights from Saturday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games in Florida. ...

• 3/27 El Maquino: CARDS PLACE THEIR CHIPS ON WAINWRIGHT: > Adam Wainwright finally received his highly-anti**** payday, getting $97.5 million from the Cardinals over the next five...
• 3/25 CardinalsFarm.com: Cardinals Minors Report – 3/25 – Xavier Scruggs has 3 HR in 4 Games: Today the Cardinals had intersquad action on the backfields as Memphis and Springfield played each other and Palm Beach and Peoria...
• 3/23 CardinalsFarm.com: Jason Motte to the DL – What it means for Shelby Miller and the Memphis Redbirds: On Saturday, the Cardinals announced that closer Jason Motte was likely headed to the disabled list due to a “mild strain”...
• 3/20 CardinalsFarm.com: Cardinals Minors Report – 3/20 – C.J. McElroy Has a Big Day: On Wednesday, the Cardinals had two intersquad games. Here are the results Memphis Tommy Pham went 1-2 with a 2 R- HR….Jermaine...
• 3/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals minor league spring training notebook: 03/20/13Highlights from Wednesday’s St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training games in Florida. ...
• 3/13 CardinalsFarm.com: The Cardinals Make Two Interesting Roster Moves: As spring training continues, the Cardinals have to get down to 25 players on the active roster by opening day. They have begun...
• 3/8 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #3 St. Louis Cardinals: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...

• 2/27 El Maquino: IT’S TIME TO STOP BEING DELUSIONAL ABOUT THE WAINWRIGHT SITUATION: THE BIG PIECE > Been seeing a lot of campaigning by Cards fans for the team to re-sign Adam Wainwright.  Urgent campaigning....
• 2/24 STLCardinalBaseball: SPRING TRAINING GAME 2: All Hands On DeckWith the bats still in warm-up mode, Mike Matheny decided to throw everybody out against Jon Lester and the Boston ......

• 1/28 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals announce non-roster invites: The St. Louis Cardinals announced this afternoon the 16 players who will receive invitations to join the team in major league...

• 12/16 El Maquino: I DOUBT KEEPING WAINWRIGHT WILL BE PRUDENT: I was surprised to see that a mass majority of responders to my most recent Twitter poll said that the Cardinals should hang on...
• 12/14 The Cardinal Nation Blog: TCN Blog 2012 top story #19: Texas League Champs in SpringfieldThe St. Louis Cardinals’ Double-A affiliate in Springfield, MO took home its first Texas League title....
• 12/5 Redbird Dugout: Cards add Randy Choate: The winter meetings were going rather quiet for the St. Louis Cardinals. Until today, that is. The Cardinals have agreed to terms...

• 9/6 El Maquino: OFFDAY STUFF: THE NEWS > Additional cartilage damage is expected in Lance Berkman‘s knee.  ”It’s not an old man’s...
• 9/4 Seedlings to Stars: Standout Sprouts: September 3rd, 2012 – Trevor Crowe and Bryan Mitchell: Standout Sprouts is a recap of what I consider to be the top performances in the minors from the previous day. These are broken...

• 8/2 StanGraphs: Zack Cox is Gone, Oscar Taveras Makes Us Swoon: It’s safe to say we have no reason to talk about Zack Cox anymore when we do our fortnightly minor league updates. Now in...

• 7/17 StanGraphs: Oscar Taveras Continues to Bash Baseballs, Many Baby Birds Get the Call: Yes, lovelies, it’s that time of the month again. No, not that time; it’s time to check in on the eight active minor...

• 6/29 StanGraphs: Old Mozeliak Had a Farm (System)!: We’ve been busy here at StanGraphs lately. Not only have we added a third (albeit a Dodger fan on something of a part-time...
• 6/26 Seedlings to Stars: 2012 S2S Mid-Season All-Stars: Texas League: The Tulsa Drillers will be hosting the 2012 Texas League All-Star Game on Thursday, June 28th. The game will pit the North against...

• 5/30 STLCardinalBaseball: Down on the Farm: End of May: The Cardinals farm system really is proving its worth so far in the young season. Matt Adams has already been promoted and is...

• 4/24 i70baseball.com: Over-easy for Odorizzi in Naturals winRight-hander fans 11 Cardinals in quick victory...
• 4/5 i70baseball.com: 2012 Roster Set for Springfield15 of 25 on roster already with Springfield experience...

• 3/21 i70baseball.com: Replacing a Cardinal legendReplacing a Cardinal legend...those words could mean a lot of different things coming into the 2012 season. ...
• 3/18 Redbird Dugout: 2012 Cards Spring Training First Hand Report: Walking up to Roger Dean Stadium I could just feel the vibe of baseball, brats and beers.  We arrived around 10:30am to see the...
• 3/11 STLCardinalBaseball: Spring Training Week One – Recap And Thoughts: I guess Cardinal fans can rejoice in one big positive from the first week of spring training: Grapefruit League games don’t...
• 3/7 MLB Dirt: 2012 St. Louis Cardinals Top 16 Prospects: The St. Louis Cardinals have one of the best systems in the game thanks to a scouting group that has nabbed a handful of late...

• 2/20 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals pitchers helping pitchersPitching veterans on the St. Louis Cardinals are working alongside prospects in spring training....
• 2/10 The "Mc" Effect: N.L. Central Top Prospects - St. Louis Cardinals (via @Cody_Elias): I've been slowly going through the Pirates N.L. Central competition and their farm systems. Here's the rest of the series:Houston...

• 1/24 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals announce non-roster invites: In addition to the 40 man roster, major league teams typically invite other players in their organization to parti**** in Spring...
• 1/15 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Cardinals invite 19 NRIs to major league camp19 St. Louis Cardinals players have been invited to major league spring training camp as non-roster invitees....