# Mahoning Valley Scrappers

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Niles, Ohio, a city in the valley of the Mahoning River, and play their home games at Eastwood Field. From 1999 to 2020, they were a Minor League Baseball team that played as members of the New York–Penn League. The club was the Class A Short Season affiliate of the Cleveland Indians from its inception until Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minors following the 2020 season.
In 2004, the Scrappers won the New York–Penn League championship.

## Season by season results
### Regular season

| Season | Affiliation | Manager | Record |
| 1999 | Indians | Ted Kubiak | 43–33, 1st place McNamara |
| 2000 | Indians | Ted Kubiak | 48–28, 1st place Pinckney |
| 2001 | Indians | Dave Turgeon | 26–49, 7th place Pinckney-Stedler |
| 2002 | Indians | Chris Bando | 46–30, 2nd place Pinckney |
| 2003 | Indians | Ted Kubiak | 38–36, 2nd place Pinckney |
| 2004 | Indians | Mike Sarbaugh | 42–34, 2nd place Pinckney |
| 2005 | Indians | Rouglas Odor | 33–43, 3rd place Pinckney |
| 2006 | Indians | Rouglas Odor | 36–34, 3rd place Pinckney |
| 2007 | Indians | Tim Laker | 37–37, 2nd place Pinckney |
| 2008 | Indians | Travis Fryman | 31–44, 5th place Pinckney |
| 2009 | Indians | Travis Fryman | 49–27, 1st place Pinckney |
| 2010 | Indians | Travis Fryman | 30–46, 6th place Pinckney |
| 2011 | Indians | David Wallace | 41–34, 3rd place Pinckney |
| 2012 | Indians | Ted Kubiak | 30–45, 5th place Pinckney |
| 2013 | Indians | Ted Kubiak | 30–44, 5th place Pinckney |
| 2014 | Indians | Ted Kubiak | 33-42, 5th place Pinckney |
| 2015 | Indians | Travis Fryman | 31-44, 6th place Pinckney |
| 2016 | Indians | Edwin Rodriguez | 37-38, 4th place Pinckney |
| 2017 | Indians | Luke Carlin | 44-29, 1st place Pinckney |
| 2018 | Indians | Jim Pankovits | 42-33, 1st place Pinckney |
| 2019 | Indians | Jim Pankovits | 37-39, 4th place Pinckney |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | None | Coco Crisp | 27-28-2, 3rd place League |
| 2022 | None | Homer Bush | 32-47, 6th place League |
| 2023 | None | Dmitri Young | 30-42, 5th place League |

### Post-season

* 1999: Defeated Batavia Muckdogs, 2 games to 0; lost to Hudson Valley Renegades, 2 games to 1, in NYPL Championship Series
* 2000: Defeated Batavia Muckdogs, 2 games to 0; lost to Staten Island Yankees, 2 games to 1, in NYPL Championship Series
* 2004: Defeated Auburn Doubledays, 2 games to 0; defeated Tri-City ValleyCats, 2 games to 0, in NYPL Championship Series
* 2009: Defeated Brooklyn Cyclones, 2 games to 0; lost to Staten Island Yankees, 2 games to 1 in NYPL Championship Series
* 2017: Lost to Vermont Lake Monsters, 2 games to 0
* 2018: Lost to Tri-City ValleyCats, 2 games to 0

## Broadcasters and radio

Youngstown, Ohio station WBBW (1240 AM) originally broadcast Scrappers games from 1999 to 2001 with John Batcho calling the games.
Youngstown station WNIO (1390 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2002 to 2009. Mike Pilch called their games in 2006 and 2007 while the broadcasts right were with Clear Channel.
Warren, Ohio station WHTX (1570 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2010 to 2012.
Warren station WHKZ (1440 AM The Word) broadcast Scrappers games in 2013.
Austin Pollack was named the play-by-play broadcaster in January 2015. Pollack will broadcast all 76 games for the Scrappers.
As of the 2015 season, the Scrappers' flagship radio station was again WBBW (Sportsradio 1240 AM). All of the games were be carried live.
Scrappers games from 2021-2022 were broadcast by Your Sports Network (YSN) digitally on YSNLive.com. Ron Potesta covered play by play duties in 2021 before Richie Juliano assumed the responsibilities of the "Voice of the Scrappers" in 2022.
Former Channel 27 news anchor Robb Schmidt, is the current P.A. announcer. Schmidt took over the position from John Brown, who was a communications student at Youngstown State University and served as announcer in 2009 and 2010. Brown replaced current Cleveland Indians announcer Ryan Pritt.

## Alumni

* Greg Allen (Indians)
* Josh Bard (Mariners)
* Shane Bieber (Indians)
* Jordan Brown (Indians)
* Asdrúbal Cabrera (Indians)
* Fausto Carmona (Indians)
* Lonnie Chisenhall (Indians)
* Ryan Church (Diamondbacks)
* José Constanza (Braves)
* Trevor Crowe (Indians)
* Chad Durbin (Indians)
* Ben Francisco (Phillies)
* Ryan Garko (Rangers)
* Chris Gimenez (Indians)
* Erik González (Indians)
* David Huff (Indians)
* Joe Inglett (Astros)
* Josh Judy (Indians)
* Jason Kipnis (Indians)
* Kevin Kouzmanoff (Athletics)
* Aaron Laffey (Mariners)
* Jensen Lewis (Indians)
* Francisco Lindor (Indians)
* Héctor Luna (Marlins)
* Víctor Martinez (Tigers)
* John McDonald (Blue Jays)
* Francisco Mejía (Indians)
* Eli Morgan (Indians)
* Tyler Naquin (Indians)
* Cord Phelps (Indians)
* Jose Ramirez (Indians)
* CC Sabathia (Yankees)
* Anthony Santander (Orioles)
* Tony Sipp (Indians)
* Mitch Talbot (Indians)
* Brian Tallet (Cardinals)
* Josh Tomlin (Indians)
* Wyatt Toregas (Pirates)
* Joey Wendle (Athletics)
* Tony Wolters (Rockies)
* Bradley Zimmer (Indians)