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Roster review: Felipe Rivero

Age on Opening Day 2016: 24

How acquired: Traded with C Jose Lobaton and OF Drew Vettleson from Tampa Bay for RHP Nate Karns, Feb. 2014

MLB service time: 161 days

2015 salary+bonuses: $507,500

Contract status: Under team control in 2016, likely Super-2 arbitration-eligible in 2018, free agent in 2022

2015 stats: 49 G, 48.1 IP, 35 H, 15 R, 15 ER, 2 HR, 11 BB, 43 K, 0.952 WHIP, 2 SV, 1 BS, 2-1, 2.79 ERA, 2.64 FIP, 1.2 WAR

Quotable: “This year has been kind of a blessing for me.