J.C. Escarra made the Yankees nearly two years after he worked as a substitute teacher and Uber driver to make ends meet.

J.C. Escarra’s winding path through professional baseball included a detour to gig work as a ride-share driver. When it was ...

“When I was driving Uber, I had no idea the people that were getting in my car,” Escarra said before the Yankees’ 4-2 Opening ...

The New York Yankees called up J.C. Escarra to the major league after the catcher was living 'paycheck to paycheck' and ...

The catcher was an Uber driver and substitute teacher to help pay his bills while grinding through independent ball for two ...

Catcher hopes to make Opening Day roster, and even can envision an Uber commercial with him getting out of the car with his ...

J.C. Escarra played in independent leagues and took odd jobs to keep alive his dream of being in the big leagues. At 29, he's ...

The Yankees’ backup catcher — who made his debut in the majors after working jobs as an Uber driver and a substitute teacher ...

J.C. Escarra, a Hialeah, Florida, native that relied on Uber and substitute teaching to fund his time in the New York Yankees ...

J.C. Escarra, who has been toiling for years in the minors and working as a Uber driver and substitute teacher to make ends ...

New York Yankees backup catcher J.C. Escarra went viral last weekend after he appeared in a video telling his mother on a ...

Escarra wasn’t the only newcomer to the Yankees’ roster with a fatherly connection to their first Opening Day with the club.