JC Escarra, ex-Uber driver chasing MLB dream, gets emotional after making Yankees' opening day roster

This is the clip of twelvemonth erstwhile immoderate heartfelt moments hap successful shot clubhouses, arsenic players larn they've made the MLB opening time roster. 

Whether it's a apical prospect, oregon a insignificant leaguer who enactment years of enactment successful to yet get the call, it's ever arsenic peculiar moment. 

For the New York Yankees, the waterworks occurred successful the bureau of manager Aaron Boone erstwhile helium fto catcher J.C. Escarra cognize that helium was heading to New York alternatively of a insignificant league duty aft a terrific outpouring training. 

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New York Yankees designated hitter J.C. Escarra doubles against the Toronto Blue Jays successful the 5th inning during outpouring grooming astatine TD Ballpark. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

Escarra was an Uber operator and substitute teacher to assistance wage his bills portion helium played for autarkic clubs for 2 years. It helped support his large league imagination alive.

Now 29 years old, Escarra doesn’t person to interest astir that anymore, arsenic Boone gave him thing to telephone his parent and grandma about. The Yankees captured the infinitesimal Escarra was tearful with his loved ones implicit FaceTime earlier getting backmost to work. 

"It feels amazing," Escarra said, via The New York Post, connected Sunday morning. "Lot of clip coming. I was conscionable grateful to beryllium present astatine archetypal and present my dreams travel true. Now is the casual part. Now is conscionable play shot connected the biggest stage, truthful I’m excited for what’s to come."

Escarra added that helium isn’t overmuch of a crier, but it’s hard not to erstwhile helium knew however his parent would react. 

"It’s conscionable a peculiar moment," helium said. "Special infinitesimal of what I’ve been done due to the fact that she went done it with maine arsenic well."

New York Yankees designated hitter J.C. Escarra doubles against the Toronto Blue Jays successful the 5th inning during outpouring grooming astatine TD Ballpark. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

Escarra said helium was making astir $400 each 2 weeks portion playing autarkic ball, and helium besides went to play overseas, nary substance the season, to support the imagination alive. He was conscionable trying to bash "all those unusual jobs conscionable to supply for my family," and determination were times erstwhile helium thought it wouldn’t enactment out. 

Jump guardant to this outpouring training, and you would deliberation it a no-brainer Boone and the Yankees wanted him to interruption campy with the large club, arsenic helium deed .333 with 3 homers and 8 RBI implicit 48 at-bats. 

Last season, erstwhile helium played for some Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Escarra slashed .261/.355/.434 with 12 homers and 64 RBI. 

Now, helium volition beryllium focused connected making an interaction wherever helium tin with this Yankees squad that hopes to beryllium backmost successful the World Series aft losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers backmost successful October successful 5 games. 

Escarra figures to beryllium the backup catcher to Austin Wells. 

New York Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra celebrates aft hitting a location tally against the Philadelphia Phillies successful the seventh inning during outpouring grooming astatine George M. Steinbrenner Field. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)

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"I feel similar I did everything connected my portion to amusement I could assistance the squad win. Thank God the opportunity’s here," Escarra said. 

The Yankees unfastened their regular-season docket astatine location successful the Bronx against the Milwaukee Brewers. Escarra is expecting galore friends and household to beryllium connected manus to witnesser the infinitesimal helium makes his debut, which could travel during that archetypal series.

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