Family
Juan Rivera and older brother Osmaldo Rivera grew up and trained for baseball in Venezuela together. Juan was scouted at an early age of 16 years old, while his parents Rolondo and Rosemary stayed behind with his brother Osmaldo and younger sister Maria, to run a small family business. The entire family soon moved to the United States in 1995.
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