J.C. Escarra officially lands spot on Yankees’ Opening Day roster

It’s been a long journey to the big leagues for J.C. Escarra, but Yankees manager Aaron Boone officially informed the 29-year-old that he has cracked the team’s Opening Day roster on Saturday afternoon.  

The skipper called Escarra into his office and joked with him that he was being sent back down to the minors — before telling him that he has “earned this opportunity” to head north with the club. 

“What a journey,” Boone told Escarra. “It’s just getting started again. Now we have real things to go chase. You’ve earned that right — we have a lot of good people in that room that you’ve earned the right to be here and to be that guy.”

Escarra will serve as New York’s backup catcher behind Austin Wells, and he’s certainly looked the part.

After another strong day at the plate in Saturday’s spring loss to the Phillies, the slugger is now hitting .333 with two doubles, three home runs, eight RBI, and a .936 OPS across 48 at-bats.

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