Joe Capozzi of The Palm Beach Post tweets that the Florida Marlins have signed a contract extension with Wes Helms for one-year for $1 million.
Helms was involved in a series of trade rumors leading up to the July 31st trade deadline. However, nothing formal was made public.
The 34-year-old third baseman is hitting .226/.301/.362 in 90 games for the Marlins this season. Helms is currently on the final year of his two-year, $1.9 million contract. He is being paid $950,000 this season.
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