J.C. Escarra pulled a changeup into the right-field corner, slid into second base, popped up and punched the air.After a ...

NEW YORK — J.C. Escarra, the Yankees’ former Uber driver, picked up a few more firsts during Thursday night’s 9-7 win over ...

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

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

“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 ...

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

NEW YORK — J.C. Escarra’s winding path through professional baseball included a detour to gig work as a ride-share driver.

The Yankees' feel-good story of spring training, J.C. Escarra notched his first career MLB hit on Thursday against the ...

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 ...

You earned it. What a journey, and it’s just getting started.” “It’s real,” Escarra replied, smiling ear to ear. From Uber ...

Yankees catcher JC Escarra reacts to his first career MLB hit in his first start against the Diamondbacks on Thursday.