Scott was born in Fresno, California, and took up pitching when he was nine. Scott attended high school at Yuba City High School in Yuba City, California and pitched for their baseball team. He was recruited out of high school by Loyola Marymount University. He pitched for three years for the Loyola Marymount Lions, and during the 1988 season set a school record for saves in a season when he got his 12th in a game against the University of Nevada-Reno. In 1990, his senior season, Scott struck out 90 batters, highest in the conference. Despite this, Scott was not selected in the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft. However, he was signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent shortly after the draft on June 13, 1990.\n', '

Scott played his first season with the Boise Hawks of the Northwest League. In 27 pitching appearances, he had an earned run average (ERA) of 1.34, and won two games and lost one. He moved up the next season to the Quad Cities Angels of the Midwest League, where he pitched in 47 games, finishing the season with an ERA of 1.55 and 19 saves. The following season he moved up to both the AA and AAA level minor league teams of the Angels, the Midland Angels and the Edmonton Trappers, respectively. He played in 27 games for Midland and again had an ERA under 2 (1.82) though with Edmonton he pitched in 31 games with a 5.20 ERA. After starting the 1993 season with the Vancouver Canadians, the Angels\' new AAA affiliate, he was promoted to the Angels\' roster, and made his major league debut on May 31, 1993.\n', '

Scott made his debut against the Toronto Blue Jays, and pitched a shutout eighth inning in a 10-5 loss. After pitching in five more games in relief, he was at a hospital on June 18 with his wife for the birth of their newborn son, and while at the hospital, received a call from Dan O\'Brien, Sr. telling him that he was being sent back down to the minors. After a couple months in Vancouver, Scott was called back up to the majors in September. He pitched in ten more games that season, and notched his only major league win on September 19 against the Texas Rangers. He made his final major league appearance on October 1, 1993 against the Oakland Athletics.\n', '

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