Mahoning Valley Scrappers

The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are a minor league baseball team based in Niles, Ohio, a city in the valley of the Mahoning River. The Scrappers play in the Pinckney Division of the Short-Season A classification New York–Penn League and are affiliated with the Cleveland Indians. In 2004, the Scrappers won the New York–Penn League championship.

Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Founded in 1999
Niles, Ohio
Team logoCap insignia
Minor league affiliations
ClassShort-Season A (1999–present)
LeagueNew York–Penn League (1999–present)
DivisionPinckney Division
Major league affiliations
TeamCleveland Indians (1999–present)
Minor league titles
League titles (1)2004
Division titles (6)
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2009
  • 2017
  • 2018
Team data
NicknameMahoning Valley Scrappers (1999–present)
ColorsNavy blue, gold, silver
BallparkEastwood Field (1999–present)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
HWS Group
ManagerDennis Malavé
General ManagerJordan Taylor

The Scrappers' home field is Eastwood Field, opened in 1999 as Cafaro Field, located behind the Eastwood Mall on U.S. Highway 422. In their first six seasons, the Scrappers averaged over 4,000 fans per game.

Season by season results

Regular season
SeasonAffiliationManagerRecord
1999IndiansTed Kubiak43–33, 1st place McNamara
2000IndiansTed Kubiak48–28, 1st place Pinckney
2001IndiansDave Turgeon26–49, 7th place Pinckney-Stedler
2002IndiansChris Bando46–30, 2nd place Pinckney
2003IndiansTed Kubiak38–36, 2nd place Pinckney
2004IndiansMike Sarbaugh42–34, 2nd place Pinckney
2005IndiansRouglas Odor33–43, 3rd place Pinckney
2006IndiansRouglas Odor36–34, 3rd place Pinckney
2007IndiansTim Laker37–37, 2nd place Pinckney
2008IndiansTravis Fryman31–44, 5th place Pinckney
2009IndiansTravis Fryman49–27, 1st place Pinckney[1]
2010IndiansTravis Fryman[2]30–46, 6th place Pinckney
2011IndiansDavid Wallace[3]41–34, 3rd place Pinckney
2012IndiansTed Kubiak30–45, 5th place Pinckney
2013IndiansTed Kubiak30–44, 5th place Pinckney
2014IndiansTed Kubiak33-42, 5th place Pinckney
2015IndiansTravis Fryman31-44, 6th place Pinckney
2016IndiansEdwin Rodriguez37-38, 4th place Pinckney
2017IndiansLuke Carlin44-29, 1st place Pinckney
2018IndiansJim Pankovits42-33, 1st place Pinckney
2019IndiansJim Pankovits37-39, 4th place Pinckney

Post-season

Roster
Mahoning Valley Scrappers roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 37 Serafino Brito
  • 54 Francis Cespedes
  • -- Xzavion Curry
  • 44 Brian Eichhorn
  • 15 Daniel Espino
  • 23 Hunter Gaddis
  • 45 Liam Jenkins
  • -- Juan Mateo
  • 43 Nick Mikolajchak
  • 16 Andrew Misiaszek
  • 26 Eric Mock
  • 35 José Oca
  • 46 Jerson Ramírez
  • 30 Luis Sanchez
  • -- Lenny Torres
  • 29 Carlos Vargas
  • 39 Gregori Vasquez
  • 38 Matt Waldron

Catchers

  • 48 Yainer Diaz
  •  2 Felix Fernandez

Infielders

  • 12 Aaron Bracho
  •  4 Michael Cooper
  • 17 Henderson De Oleo
  •  6 Joab Gonzalez
  • 11 Brayan Rocchio

Outfielders

  • 22 Will Brennan
  •  9 Julian Escobedo
  •  7 Korey Holland
  • 32 Johnathan Rodriguez
  • 40 George Valera

Manager

Coaches

  • -- Kevin Erminio (pitching)
  • -- JT Maguire (bench)
  • -- Craig Massoni (hitting)


7-day injured list
* On Cleveland Indians 40-man roster
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated February 7, 2020
 Transactions
→ More rosters: MiLB • New York–Penn League
 → Cleveland Indians minor league players

Broadcasters and radio

As of the 2015 season, the Scrappers' flagship radio station is Youngstown, Ohio station WBBW (Sportsradio 1240 AM). All of the games will be carried live.[6]

Austin Pollack was named the play-by-play broadcaster in January 2015. Pollack will broadcast all 76 games for the Scrappers. Warren, Ohio station WHKZ (1440 AM The Word) broadcast Scrappers games in 2013.

Warren, Ohio station WHTX (1570 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2010 to 2012.[7]

Youngstown, Ohio station WNIO (1390 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2002 to 2009.

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.

Mike Pilch called their games in 2006 and 2007 while the broadcasts right were with Clear Channel.

Youngstown, Ohio station WBBW (1240 AM) originally broadcast Scrappers games from 1999 to 2001 with John Batcho calling the games.

Alumni

References
  1. Stats | New York-Penn League Stats. Minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-21.
  2. Indians announce 2010 staff alignment for player development system | indians.com: Official Info. Cleveland.indians.mlb.com (2013-05-24). Retrieved on 2013-08-21.
  3. Mahoning Valley Scrappers Field Staff
  4. Article | Mahoning Valley Scrappers News. Minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-21.
  5. Article | Mahoning Valley Scrappers News. Minorleaguebaseball.com (2009-09-17). Retrieved on 2013-08-21.
  6. 2014 Scrappers Games to Broadcast on Sports Radio 1240 AM Presented by M.V.P.B.A. Scrappers Backers
  7. Scrappers Games to Broadcast on 1570 WHTX
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