Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rivera ta 10 ceto a 10 damar a watan Afrilu sun kasance mafi girma total ga watan bude wani kakar. Ya canza ƙoƙarinsa na farko na 18 na kakar wasa har sai da ya kare kariya a kan Mets a ranar 28 ga Mayu; shi ne karo na farko da ya yi kariya kuma ya rasa wasa ba tare da yin rikodin ba. Rivera ya shiga hutun tsakiyar kakar wasa tare da ceto 30 a cikin dama 32 da 1.83 ERA, kuma an kira shi All-Star a karo na 13 a cikin aikinsa, na biyu mafi yawan zaɓin All-Star ga mai jefa bayan Warren Spahn's 17. A Lokacin Wasan All-Star
, wanda aka gudanar a Citi Field a New York, an kira Rivera don jefawa a zagaye na takwas don bayyanarsa ta karshe ta All-Star. Yayin da ya shiga filin wasa, 'yan wasa daga kungiyoyin biyu sun kasance a kusa da wuraren da suke da su kuma sun shiga magoya baya a cikin ba Rivera wani tsayayye a yayin da yake tsaye a filin wasa. Rivera ya yi ritaya da duka 'yan wasa uku da ya fuskanta, yana kiyaye aikinsa na 0.00 a cikin All-Star Games. An kira shi MVP na All-Star Game, yana mai da shi mai sauƙin farko da aka zaɓa a cikin ƙungiyar All-Star don karɓar kyautar, da kuma na farko mai jefawa tun lokacin da Pedro Martínez a 1999 da na biyu Yankee bayan Derek Jeter a 2000. Ya zama dan wasan MLB na farko da aka nada MVP na World Series, League Championship Series, da All-Star Game. Ayyukan Rivera ya ragu a rabi na biyu na kakar wasa, yayin da ya zubar da damar da ya samu a cikin watanni biyu da suka gabata, ciki har da sau uku a jere a karon farko a cikin aikinsa. A cikin shirin Fox Sports wanda ke ba da labarin kakar wasan sa ta ƙarshe, mai taken "Kasancewa: Mariano", Rivera ya ce ban kwana da wasan ƙwallon baseball ya gajiyar da shi a hankali da jiki kuma a watan Satumba, ba shi da "sha'awar" wasan.