Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Mahoning Valley Scrappers
	Mahoning Valley Scrappers; Founded in 1999; Niles, Ohio;
; Team Logo	; Cap Insignia
	Class-level
	Short-Season A;
	Minor league affiliations
	New York-Penn League Pinckney Division; ;
	Major league affiliations
	Cleveland Indians (1999-present);
	Name
	Mahoning Valley Scrappers (1999-present);
	Ballpark
	Eastwood Field;
	Minor league titles
League titles	2004
Division titles	1999, 2000, 2004, 2009
	Owner(s)/Operated by: Palisades Baseball
	Manager: David Wallace
	General Manager: Jordan Taylor

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The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are a minor league baseball club 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 Major League Baseball club. In 2004, they won the New York - Penn League championship.

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.

[edit] Season Results

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^[1]
2010	Indians	Travis Fryman^[2]	30-46, 6th place Pinckney
2011	Indians	David Wallace^[3]	TBD, Pinckney

[edit] Post-Season Results

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 Valley Cats, 2 games to 0, in NYPL Championship Series
2009: Defeated Brooklyn Cyclones, 2 games to 0^[4]; lost to Staten Island Yankees, 2 games to 1 in NYPL Championship Series^[5]

Mahoning Valley Scrappers roster

Players

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

24 Cody Anderson
50 Elvis Araújo
40 Shawn Armstrong
47 Ramón Céspedes
20 Tony Dischler
23 Danny Jiménez
34 Will Krasne
43 Josh McKeon
26 Rob Nixon
33 Mason Radeke
38 Will Roberts
22 Grant Sides
44 Nathan Striz
45 Enosil Tejeda
12 Jack Wagoner

Catchers

35 Ryan Battaglia
13 Alex Lavisky
30 Jake Lowery

Infielders

32 Evan Frazar
8 Todd Hankins
28 Francisco Lindor
7 Zachary McPhee
10 Jerrud Sabourin
6 KC Serna
1 Tony Wolters

Outfielders

11 John Barr
4 Cody Elliott
27 Bryson Myles
2 Aaron Siliga
39 Jordan Smith

Manager

-- Ted Kubiak

Coaches

36 Greg Hibbard (pitching)
9 Tony Mansolino (hitting)

7-day disabled list
* On Cleveland Indians 40-man roster
∞ Reserve list
§ Suspended list
‡ Restricted list
# Rehab assignment
Roster updated December 2, 2011
Transactions
→ More MiLB rosters
→ Cleveland Indians minor league players

[edit] Broadcasters

[edit] Radio

As of the 2011 season, the Scrappers' flagship radio station is Warren, Ohio station WHTX (1570 AM). All of the games will be carried live.^[6]

Channel 27's Chad Krispinsky was the Voice of the Scrappers in 2001 and 2002. Youngstown State and IBM Sports broadcaster Mike Pilch called their games in 2006 and 2007 while the broadcasts right were with Clear Channel.

[edit] Former Scrappers in Major League Baseball

Josh Bard (Mariners [2010])
Jordan Brown (Indians [2010])
Asdrúbal Cabrera (Indians)
Fausto Carmona (Indians)
Lonnie Chisenhall (Indians)
Ryan Church (Diamondbacks [2010])
Trevor Crowe (Indians [2010])
Chad Durbin (Indians)
Ben Francisco (Phillies)
Ryan Garko (Rangers [2010])
Chris Gimenez (Mariners)
David Huff (Indians [2011])
Joe Inglett (Astros [2011])
Josh Judy (Indians)

Jason Kipnis (Indians)
Kevin Kouzmanoff (Athletics)
Aaron Laffey (Mariners)
Jensen Lewis (Indians [2010])
Héctor Luna (Marlins [2010])
Víctor Martinez (Tigers)
John McDonald (Blue Jays)
Cord Phelps (Indians)
C.C. Sabathia (Yankees)
Tony Sipp (Indians)
Mitch Talbot (Indians)
Brian Tallet (Cardinals)
Josh Tomlin (Indians)
Wyatt Toregas (Pirates [2011])
José Constanza (Braves)

List includes players on MLB rosters in 2010 and 2011

[edit] Logos

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Original Scrappers logo used from 1999-2008
Scrappers 10th anniversary logo used in 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[0] ttp://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l127&t=l_sta&lid=127

[1] ttp://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091211&content_id=7800090&vkey=pr_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle

[2] Mahoning Valley Scrappers Field Staff

[3] ttp://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090909&content_id=6885244&vkey=news_t545&fext=.jsp&sid=t545

[4] ttp://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090917&content_id=7011674&vkey=news_t545&fext=.jsp&sid=t545

[5] Scrappers Games to Broadcast on 1570 WHTX

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Mahoning Valley Scrappers

Contents

[edit] Season Results

[edit] Post-Season Results

[edit] Broadcasters

[edit] Radio

[edit] Former Scrappers in Major League Baseball

[edit] Logos

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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