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It's a process he acknowledged has come with varying results.

鈥淭here's a lot of failure, some success but it's definitely growth, and how do I learn from those failures?鈥� Scott said earlier this week from Dodger Stadium. 鈥淚 feel like in the present time, when you fail, it sucks, because you work so hard to be able to do something and it may not work out for you that time. Definitely the growth aspect, and looking from where I was last year to where I am now, I feel like it's in a totally different place."

After a strong spring positioned Scott as the Cardinals鈥� opening day center fielder for a second consecutive season, the 24-year-old has batted .223 and posted a .309 on-base percentage in 108 games as a regular in 2025.

Scott leads the Cardinals with 29 steals on 31 attempts and began Thursday tied with National League Central counterpart and Cubs All-Star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong for eighth in the majors in that category. Scott also began Thursday tied seventh in the majors in outs above average (OAA) with plus-15, per Statcast. He ranked third among all qualified center fielders across MLB in OAA with plus-14 at that spot behind Crow-Armstrong (plus-18) and Boston鈥檚 Ceddanne Rafaela (plus-16).

鈥淚 think there has been some really good growth in his overall two things: mindset and process, which sometimes you just don't have a timeline for when it will carry into performance,鈥� Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said of Scott earlier this week. 鈥淏ut if you were to ask me where he's at today in comparison to even three, four months ago, it's night and day of having the actual process for the work he's going to do that day. ... That's not even close.

鈥淗e's in a really good spot when it comes to that. Now it's just a matter of continuing to work physically for some of the skill set to come into play.鈥�

A Rawlings minor league Gold Glove winner in 2023, Scott appeared in 53 major league games a season ago while also spending time in Class AAA working through offensive adjustments. He accumulated plus-three OAA in the limited time in the majors but had a minus-one in defensive runs saved, per FanGraphs.

His sights on where he hoped to take his defense became clear with one of the newest Cardinals coaches this past winter.

鈥淚 think going into the offseason, he took it personal that he wanted to get better out there. That was something, for me, that was refreshing,鈥� Cardinals assistant coach Jon Jay said.

Scott and Jay worked together across November and December following Jay's hire in October. Scott looked to become more efficient in his jump and improve on his routes.

This year, Scott鈥檚 jumps are 2 feet better than average after he was 0.7 feet better than average in 2024, per Statcast. The speedster ranks seventh in feet covered (36.9) among qualified outfielders. He鈥檚 totaled nine defensive runs saved, ranking him fourth in the majors among qualified MLB center fielders, per FanGraphs.

鈥淗e's bought in. It shows out there, right? He's embraced it,鈥� Jay said of Scott. 鈥淟ike I said, his preparation is really good. ... He's still young in his career. He's going to continue to get better with the experience, right? He's going to start learning hitters more, learning ballparks, learning his own pitchers. It's been really nice to see his growth out there.鈥�

Coming off a rookie season in which he hit .179 in 53 games, Scott opened this season with a .283 batting average and a .355 in 47 games. An increased amount of breaking pitches he's been offered since the start of May, and issues with swing-and-miss on those pitch types, has left Scott with a .184 batting average and a .282 on-base percentage in his previous 70 games.

Cardinals hitting coach Brant Brown, who worked with Scott over the winter after being hired in October, described Scott as a hitter with a 鈥済ap-to-gap profile." Brown said the two have worked to allow the 鈥渁thlete鈥� in Scott to 鈥渃ome out and play,鈥� but a 鈥渟equencing issue鈥� in the 24-year-old鈥檚 swing must be corrected for him to do so.

鈥淔or right now, he's a hit collector who can steal bases,鈥� Brown said of Scott. 鈥�... He's doing a really good job right now trying to really stay inside the strike zone and be more stubborn.鈥�

As he looks to produce a more consistent average, Scott has cut his chase rate from 29.3% a year ago to 24.1%, the latter of which is in the top 73rd percentile of qualified major league hitters. Scott has a 9% walk rate, which ranks only behind Lars Nootbaar鈥檚 11.9% walk rate for qualified Cardinals hitters, after walking in 3.9% of his plate appearances in 2024.

Earlier this season, Scott said walks could allow him to impact a game with his speed once he鈥檚 on base and noted his improvement to do so is a part of his growth in the majors, which has come with asking 鈥渉ard questions鈥� of himself.

"It's not easy to be able to say that you failed at something, because no one in the history of anyone wants to hear you did bad at this. Nobody," Scott said. "Everybody wants that positive self-satisfaction to say, hey, you did this good, and that's why this worked today.

"But I try to dig into the failures without being too hard on myself. Look at the failures, write about them and then how can I correct that is normally what's next."

Alcala claimed off waivers

The Cardinals continued to add depth to their big league bullpen Thursday when they were awarded the waiver claim for right-handed reliever Jorge Alcala after he was designated for assignment by the Red Sox.

Alcala, 30, has a 6.64 ERA in 41 appearances this year. He posted an 8.88 ERA in 24 1/3 innings with the Twins to begin the season and sported a 3.31 ERA in 16 1/3 innings with the Red Sox after being traded from Minnesota to Boston. The righty owns a 4.24 ERA over 185 big league appearances and has struck out 211 batters in 204 innings since debuting in the majors in 2019 with Minnesota.

Alcala is the second reliever the Cardinals claimed off waivers this week. On Monday, they claimed lefty Anthony Veneziano off waivers from the Marlins.