 On the year, Rivera batted .252 with 11 home runs in 294 at-bats over a total of 103 games.On December 19, 2014, the Padres traded Rivera, Jake Bauers, and Burch Smith to the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-team trade that saw the Rays trade Wil Myers, Jose Castillo and Ryan Hanigan to the Padres, the Padres trade Joe Ross and a player to be named later to the Washington Nationals, and Washington trade Steven Souza and Travis Ott to Tampa Bay.In 2015, he was mainly used as the personal catcher for Chris Archer.