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**Saúl Rivera**
Saúl Rivera
; Rivera in 2009 with the Washington Nationals
	Cleveland Indians — No. --
	Relief pitcher
	Born: December 7, 1977 (age 32); San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	May 25, 2006 for the Washington Nationals
Career statistics; (through 2009)
Win-Loss	13-15
Earned run average	4.05
Strikeouts	191
Saves	4
Teams
	Washington Nationals (2006-2009);

Rabell Saúl Rivera (born December 7, 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians organization. He attended the University of Mobile, and was drafted in 9th round of the 1998 MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins. He made his MLB debut on May 25, 2006, for the Washington Nationals against the Houston Astros. In that game, he got his first hold, pitching 2/3 of an inning. He struck out one and walked one. He had been called up from Triple-A New Orleans on May 22, 2006. He finished his rookie season with a 3.43 ERA. He struck out 41 and walked 32. In 2007, he only allowed one home run in 93 innings pitched.

On December 7, 2009, Rivera was released by the Nationals to make room on the 40-man roster for Brian Bruney.^[1]

Rivera signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians on December 21, 2009 he also received an invite to spring training.

Rivera in 2008 with the Nationals.

[edit] References

^ Ladson, Bill. Nationals acquire Bruney from Yankees, Washington Nationals. Published December 7, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2009.

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