Mahoning Valley Scrappers
Founded in 1999 Niles, Ohio
Team logo Cap insignia
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)	1999 2000 2004 2009 2017 2018
Team data
Name	Mahoning Valley Scrappers (1999–present)
Colors	Navy blue, cardinal, light gray, dark gray, gold
Ballpark	Eastwood Field (1999–present)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	HWS Group
General manager	Heather Sahli
Manager	Quinton McCracken
Website	mlbdraftleague.com/mahoning-valley

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.^[1]

In 2004, the Scrappers won the New York–Penn League championship.

• 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;^[6] lost to Staten Island Yankees, 2 games to 1 in NYPL Championship Series^[7]
• 2017: Lost to Vermont Lake Monsters, 2 games to 0
• 2018: Lost to Tri-City ValleyCats, 2 games to 0

Youngstown, Ohio station WBBW (1240 AM) originally broadcast Scrappers games from 1999 to 2001 with John Batcho calling the games.^{[citation needed]}

Youngstown station WNIO (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 station WHTX (1570 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2010 to 2012.^[8]

Warren station WHKZ (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 be 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]}

• Official website
• Statistics from Baseball-Reference