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

Escarra, who is set to become a father in June, celebrated with his wife on Saturday night. By Tuesday, he will see the rest of his family when the Yankees play the Marlins in Miami, near where Escarra grew up in Hialeah, Fla.

J.C. Escarra, a Hialeah, Florida, native that relied on Uber and substitute teaching to fund his time in the New York Yankees minor leagues, found out March 23 that he officially made the big leagues.