As we continue our countdown of All-Time Marlins with our 95th chapter, we take a look at two former World Champions from the past and one of our Miami Marlins contemporaries.
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Rick Helling’s first stint with the Florida Marlins began in September of the 1996 season. He was named as the PTBNL (player to be named later) in a trade agreed upon August 8 that sent the Florida pitcher Josh Burkett to add some firepower to the Texas Rangers playoff push in return for prospect Ryan Dempster—more on him later in this series—and a PTBNL.