​Editor’s note: Follow Guardians vs. Tigers live updates and highlights from Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series.You may recognize this Cleveland Guardians staff member from postgame interviews in which he stands next to José Ramírez translating from Spanish to English, but do you know his other roles in the clubhouse?Agustin Rivero, a 37-year-old Venezuelan native, joined the Guardians in 2019. But until then, he was just a kid who loved sports.”For my entire childhood I was into sports,” Rivero said. “Baseball was very important to me, even though my parents always used to remind me that the most important thing was education and then sports.” Rivero always made sure to prioritize his studies while still being an athlete. Then, at just 17, Rivero landed his first professional contract as an outfielder in the New York Yankees minor league system.”That was my first time leaving Venezuela by myself,” he said. “It was hard mentally. After the Yankees, I also played in the Dominican Republic but suffered an injury and couldn’t continue playing.”After his injury, Rivero moved to Spain for awhile but said he didn’t like the lifestyle there and had to come up with another plan.”That’s what started my journey to the United States, because I knew I had to achieve something,” Rivero said. “I felt like a failure because I didn’t make it to the major leagues, but I listened to my parents and began my education journey.”He began the educational journey that would eventually lead to his switch from baseball player to interpreter. It was a shock at first for him, because all he knew his entire life was baseball, but as Rivero stated, “Todo tiene un comienzo y un final.””Everything has a beginning and end.”Rivero attended Quincy College, a community college in Massachusetts, where he received an associate’s degree in international business, and then continued his education at Columbia University in New York, where he earned bachelor’s and masters degrees.”I might’ve not been sure of want I wanted to do yet but I knew it was a starting point,” he said. “I wanted to be educated and learn English proficiently.”After graduation, he stayed in New York and worked at Columbia in operations management until joining the Guardians organization as an interpreter.MLB requires all team to provide Spanish-language interpretersSince 2016, Major League Baseball has required all teams to have a Spanish-language interpreter program.Teams must have a full-time, year-round bilingual employee who is fluent in English and Spanish available for all scheduled pregame and postgame interviews. The interpreter is expected to be with the team at all times, including Spring Training workouts and games, home and road games and during the postseason. Additionally, the interpreter is required attend any club-related event covered by local or national media where players are present.The translator program is funded in part by penalties paid by teams for exceeding the international signing b