J.C. Escarra

J.C. Escarra

29-Year-Old CatcherC
New York Yankees
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Escarra spent 2022 and 2023 in independent ball, so his ascent to the Yankees' 40-man roster is a bit of a Cinderella story. It remains to be seen where (or if) he fits in New York's plans, but the 29-year-old at least opened some eyes last season, particularly with his performance in Triple-A -- he posted a .930 OPS over 201 plate appearances at that level, collecting 14 doubles, eight homers and 34 RBI across 52 games. Escarra also notched an impressive 27:30 K:BB, and even when he struggled to hit earlier in his career in Baltimore's system, he consistently registered low K rates and solid walk rates. Perhaps most importantly, Escarra logged time at both corner-infield and corner-outfield spots in addition to his primary post behind the plate last year, and that versatility figures to be a key factor in his chance of carving out a role in the majors. Escarra isn't likely to open the season with the big club, but that scenario isn't a complete impossibility given the uncertainty about who will work as the Yankees' backup catcher. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Yankees in March of 2025.
Officially makes team
CNew York Yankees
March 22, 2025
Escarra was informed Saturday that he will be on the Yankees' Opening Day roster.
ANALYSIS
Escarra has had an impressive spring, maintaining a .936 OPS with five extra-base hits across 48 at-bats. It was reported Tuesday that he was in line to make the team as the backup to Austin Wells, and that is now officially the case. In 2024, Escarra maintained a 119 wRC+ across 493 plate appearances combined between Double and Triple-A.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
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2025
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2024
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2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2023vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
No Stats
2025
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2024
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2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .000 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Since 2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Home .000 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does J.C. Escarra compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
50.0%
 
BABIP
.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.000
 
OBP
.000
 
SLG
.000
 
OPS
.000
 
wOBA
.000
 
Exit Velocity
74.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
0.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.001
 
Expected SLG
.001
 
Sprint Speed
0.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
0.0%
 
Line Drive %
0.0%
 
Fly Ball %
100.0%
 
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In line to serve as backup catcher
CNew York Yankees
March 18, 2025
Escarra has a "stranglehold" on the Yankees' backup catcher job behind starter Austin Wells, Jack Curry of YES Network reports.
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Swinging hot stick in spring play
CNew York Yankees
March 14, 2025
Escarra went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's Grapefruit League win against the Phillies.
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Belts Grapefruit League long ball
CNew York Yankees
March 7, 2025
Escarra went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and three total RBI in Thursday's Grapefruit League loss to Minnesota.
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Joins 40-man roster
CNew York Yankees
November 4, 2024
The Yankees selected Escarra's contract from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday.
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Inks NRI deal with Yankees
CNew York Yankees
January 12, 2024
Escarra signed a minor-league contract with the Yankees on Friday that includes an invitation to spring training, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports.
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