J.C. Escarra considered retirement just a couple years ago.His baseball journey was dying, having been released out of the Orioles minor league system in 2022.But in the span of just two-plus years, ...

The gig comes with a major league minimum salary of $760,000. It’s not Aaron Judge money, but it’s quite the raise for ...

J.C. Escarra took the scenic route, but he finally reached his dream destination when Aaron Boone summoned him to his office ...

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

New York Yankees backup catcher J.C. Escarra went viral last weekend after he appeared in a video telling his mother on a phone call he made the team, prompting her to cry in delight and disbelief ...

The New York Yankees beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 on Thursday night. Home runs from Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr highlighted the game, but a heartfelt story captured fans’ hearts. Yankees ...

J.C. Escarra will never forget MLB Opening Day 2025. The Yankees’ backup catcher — who made his debut in the majors after working jobs as an Uber driver and a substitute teacher — and his ...

In a lot of ways, the journey from then to now has been impossible to calculate for J.C. Escarra. Untold numbers of hours grinding despite little evidence his dream ever would be realized.

Life-changing. That’s how reaching the major leagues can be described for New York Yankees rookie catcher J.C. Escarra, who ...

Joining the New York Yankees means extra-special treatment, as former Uber drive J.C. Escarra found out on a recent outing with his wife.

For the New York Yankees, the waterworks occurred in the office of manager Aaron Boone when he let catcher J.C. Escarra know that he was heading to New York instead of a minor league assignment ...

The universal appreciation for J.C. Escarra’s unique and winding path could be seen in the joyous reactions from the Yankees’ bench on Thursday night as the 29-year-old catcher raced for his first ...