| Mahoning Valley Scrappers | |||||
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| Minor league affiliations | |||||
| Class | Collegiate summer (2021–present) | ||||
| Previous classes | Class A Short-Season (1999–2020) | ||||
| League | MLB Draft League (2021–present) | ||||
Previous leagues | New York–Penn League (1999–2020) | ||||
| Major league affiliations | |||||
| Team | Unaffiliated (2021–present) | ||||
| Previous teams | Cleveland Indians (1999–2020) | ||||
| Minor league titles | |||||
| League titles(1) | 2004 | ||||
| Division titles(6) |
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| Team data | |||||
| Name | Mahoning Valley Scrappers (1999–present) | ||||
| Colors | Navy blue, cardinal, light gray, dark gray, gold | ||||
| Ballpark | 7 17 Credit Union Field at Eastwood (1999–present) | ||||
Owner/ Operator | HWS Group | ||||
| General manager | Heather Sahli | ||||
| Manager | Quinton McCracken | ||||
| Website | mlbdraftleague.com/mahoning-valley | ||||
TheMahoning Valley Scrappers are acollegiate summer baseball team of theMLB Draft League. They are located inNiles, Ohio, a city in the valley of theMahoning River, and play their home games at7 17 Credit Union Field at Eastwood. From 1999 to 2020, they were aMinor League Baseball team that played as members of theNew York–Penn League. The club was theClass A Short Season affiliate of theCleveland Indians from its inception untilMajor League Baseball's reorganization of the minors following the 2020 season.[1]
In 2004, the Scrappers won theNew York–Penn League championship.
| Season | Affiliation | Manager | Record | |
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| 1999 | Indians | Ted Kubiak | 43–33, 1st place McNamara | |
| 2000 | Ted Kubiak | 48–28, 1st place Pinckney | ||
| 2001 | Dave Turgeon | 26–49, 7th place Pinckney-Stedler | ||
| 2002 | Chris Bando | 46–30, 2nd place Pinckney | ||
| 2003 | Ted Kubiak | 38–36, 2nd place Pinckney | ||
| 2004 | Mike Sarbaugh | 42–34, 2nd place Pinckney | ||
| 2005 | Rouglas Odor | 33–43, 3rd place Pinckney | ||
| 2006 | Rouglas Odor | 36–34, 3rd place Pinckney | ||
| 2007 | Tim Laker | 37–37, 2nd place Pinckney | ||
| 2008 | Travis Fryman | 31–44, 5th place Pinckney | ||
| 2009 | Travis Fryman | 49–27, 1st place Pinckney[2] | ||
| 2010 | Travis Fryman[3] | 30–46, 6th place Pinckney | ||
| 2011 | David Wallace[4] | 41–34, 3rd place Pinckney | ||
| 2012 | Ted Kubiak | 30–45, 5th place Pinckney | ||
| 2013 | Ted Kubiak | 30–44, 5th place Pinckney | ||
| 2014 | Ted Kubiak | 33-42, 5th place Pinckney | ||
| 2015 | Travis Fryman | 31-44, 6th place Pinckney | ||
| 2016 | Edwin Rodriguez | 37-38, 4th place Pinckney | ||
| 2017 | Luke Carlin | 44-29, 1st place Pinckney | ||
| 2018 | Jim Pankovits | 42-33, 1st place Pinckney | ||
| 2019 | Jim Pankovits | 37-39, 4th place Pinckney | ||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | None | Coco Crisp | 27-28-2, 3rd place League | |
| 2022 | Homer Bush | 32-47, 6th place League[5] | ||
| 2023 | Dmitri Young | 30-42, 5th place League | ||
From 1999-2020, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers were affiliated with theCleveland Indians as theirClass A Short Season team.
In 2021, as a part of a series of cuts to manyMinor League teams, they were terminated fromMinor League Baseball. They were then assigned to theMLB Draft League where they continue to play to this day.
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Youngstown, Ohio stationWBBW (1240 AM) originally broadcast Scrappers games from 1999 to 2001 with John Batcho calling the games.[citation needed]
Youngstown stationWNIO (1390 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2002 to 2009.[citation needed] Mike Pilch called their games in 2006 and 2007 while the broadcasts right were with Clear Channel.[citation needed]
Warren, Ohio stationWHTX (1570 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2010 to 2012.[8]
Warren stationWHKZ (1440 AM The Word) broadcast Scrappers games in 2013.[citation needed]
Austin Pollack was named the play-by-play broadcaster in January 2015. Pollack will broadcast all 76 games for the Scrappers.[citation needed]
As of the 2015 season, the Scrappers'flagship radio station was again WBBW (Sportsradio 1240 AM). All of the games were carried live.[9]
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.[citation needed]
Former Channel 27 news anchor Robb Schmidt, is the current[when?] 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.[citation needed]
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