Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - kuchengetedza kwaRivera gumi mumikana gumi muna Kubvumbi yaive huwandu hwake hwepamusoro pamwedzi wekutanga wemwaka. Akashandura 18 yake yokutanga kuponesa kuedza mwaka kusvikira achivhuvhuta kuponesa pamusoro Mets musi waMay 28; yaiva nguva yokutanga kuti iye akavhuvhuta kuponesa uye akarasikirwa mutambo pasina kunyora panze. Rivera akapinda muzororo repakati pemwaka aine 30 anonunura mumikana makumi matatu nemaviri uye 1.83 ERA, uye akatumidzwa zita reAll-Star ke13th nguva mubasa rake, wechipiri-akawanda All-Star kusarudzwa kwegomba kuseri kwaWarren Spahn's 17. Mukati meAll-Star Game
, yakaitirwa kuCiti Field muNew York, Rivera akadanwa kuti apinze muchikamu chechisere kuti aite chitarisiko chake chekupedzisira cheAll-Star. Sezvaaifamba achienda kunhandare, vatambi vemapoka ose vakaramba vari pedyo nenzvimbo dzavo dzokuvanda uye vakabatana nevatsigiri mukupa Rivera rumbidzo yakamira sezvo iye akamira oga munhandare. Rivera akabvisa vatambi vatatu vaakatarisana navo, achichengetedza ERA yake ye0.00 muAll-Star Games. Akatumidzwa zita rekuti All-Star Game MVP, achimuita iye wekutanga kubvisa akasarudzwa kuchikwata cheAll-Star kuti agamuchire mubairo, pamwe neyekutanga dhishi kubvira Pedro Martínez muna 1999 uye wechipiri Yankee kubvira Derek Jeter muna 2000. Akava wokutanga MLB mutambi kunzi MVP ane World Series, League Championship Series, uye All-Star Game. Kuita kwaRivera kwakadonha muhafu yepiri yemwaka, sezvo akarasa mikana mishanu yekuponesa mumwedzi miviri yapfuura, kusanganisira mikana mitatu yakateedzana kekutanga mubasa rake. Mune imwe nhepfenyuro yeFox Sports inotaura nezvemwaka wake wokupedzisira, yakanzi "Kuva: Mariano", Rivera akati kupatsanura kwake nebaseball kwakanga kwamupedza simba mupfungwa nomumuviri uye kuti muna September, akanga "asina chido" chasara pamutambo wacho.