LOS ANGELES — Struggling through the worst offensive season of his career, Mookie Betts reached a breaking point in early August when he declared his season individually over and adopted a fresh attitude focused on the task at hand, unencumbered by the wreckage behind him.

Tanner Scott has reached that point himself.

“Well, I kind of just have the (to heck with it) attitude right now,” Scott said. “I don’t know. I’m just trying to go out there right now and not think. Just say, ‘(Screw) it.’

“I mean, that’s how I always pitched. I kind of lost it this year. Now I’m back to ‘(Screw) it.’”

Scott isn’t sure why he got away from that mindset. But he does acknowledge the burden of expectations that come with signing a four-year, $72 million contract and not living up to it.

“Anyone that wo

See Full Page