Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Nchebe 10 nke Rivera na ohere 10 na Eprel bụ ngụkọta ya kachasị elu maka ọnwa mmeghe nke oge. Ọ gbanwere mgbalị nzọpụta 18 mbụ ya nke oge ahụ ruo mgbe ọ gbapụrụ nzọpụta megide Mets na Mee 28; ọ bụ oge mbụ ọ gbapụrụ nzọpụta ma tufuo egwuregwu na-enweghị ndekọ. Rivera banyere ezumike etiti oge na 30 na-azọpụta na ohere 32 na 1.83 ERA, a kpọkwara ya All-Star maka oge nke 13 na ọrụ ya, nke abụọ kachasị họrọ All-Star maka ite n'azụ Warren Spahn's 17. N'oge
Egwuregwu All-Star, nke a na-eme na Citi Field na New York, a kpọrọ Rivera ka ọ gbaa n'agba nke asatọ maka ọdịdị ikpeazụ ya na All-Star. Ka ọ na-agba ọsọ n'ọhịa, ndị egwuregwu si n'òtù abụọ ahụ nọgidere n'akụkụ ebe ha na-agbaba ma sonyere ndị na-akwado ha n'inye Rivera otuto dị elu ka ọ na-eguzo naanị ya n'ọhịa. Rivera lara ezumike nká ndị batrị atọ ọ zutere, na-echekwa ọrụ ya 0.00 ERA na All-Star Games. A kpọrọ ya MVP nke All-Star Game, na-eme ka ọ bụrụ onye mbụ a họpụtara na ndị otu All-Star iji nweta onyinye ahụ, yana onye mbụ na-atụ egwu kemgbe Pedro Martínez na 1999 na nke abụọ Yankee mgbe Derek Jeter na 2000. Ọ ghọrọ onye egwuregwu MLB mbụ a kpọrọ MVP nke World Series, League Championship Series, na All-Star Game. Egwuregwu Rivera dara na ọkara nke abụọ nke oge, ebe ọ gbagburu ohere nchekwa ise n'ime ọnwa abụọ gara aga, gụnyere ohere atọ na-esote maka oge mbụ na ọrụ ya. N'ime ihe nkiri Fox Sports nke na-akọwa oge ikpeazụ ya, nke isiokwu ya bụ "Being: Mariano", Rivera kwuru na ọpụpụ ya na baseball agwụla ya ike n'uche na n'anụ ahụ nakwa na site na Septemba, o nweghị "ọchịchọ" ọ bụla maka egwuregwu ahụ.