The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are a

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team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in

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, a city in the valley of the Mahoning River, and play their home games at Eastwood Field. From 1999 to 2020, they were a

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team that played as members of the New York–Penn League. The club was the Class A Short Season affiliate of the

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from its inception until

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'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

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

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, 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

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, 2 games to 0 *2018: Lost to Tri-City ValleyCats, 2 games to 0

Past and Present Affiliations

From 1999-2020, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers were affiliated with the

as their Class A Short Season team. In 2021, as a part of a series of cuts to many

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teams, they were terminated from

. They were then assigned to the MLB Draft League where they continue to play to this day.

Roster

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

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(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

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(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

References

External links

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Statistics from ''Baseball-Reference''
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