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Michael R. Rivera (born September 8, 1976, in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball catcher for the Milwaukee Brewers.
He attended Troy State University and was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1997.
He played on the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006, as backup to Damian Miller, then as a starter at the end of the season. With Miller returning in 2007, and the acquisition of Johnny Estrada from the Arizona Diamondbacks, Rivera began the season with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds.