Follow The Money | August 5, 2026 | Hour 2

**Mike Palm** (0:03)
That's what I always say, you always follow the money.

**Mitch Moss** (0:11)
Thanks for watching, as always, on YouTube TV, listening on SiriusXM, Channel 158, iHeartRadio, TuneIn Radio, or any of our great affiliates across the country. Coming up in this hour, Mike Palm on the program in 15 minutes. We'll have You Cannot Be Serious, bottom of the hour, dive into the WNBA in 45 minutes. The numbers tonight are, man, how the market, the numbers have moved big time. We'll document that. And a little Major League Baseball to begin. Cubs now, well, they're down to 1600 to win the game. That 7-1 lead is gone. It's 7-4 now.
Overall, total 12 and a half Paulys. They play in the top of the eighth. Was that a three run shot by Muncie moments ago?

**Pauly Howard** (0:48)
It was, and followed by another base hit.

**Mitch Moss** (0:51)
Okay.

**Pauly Howard** (0:51)
Yep.

**Mitch Moss** (0:52)
And in the Rays game, they're up three nothing. They got three right away, including another homerun by Junior Caminero in Colorado against the Rockies. But now I believe Martinez was just yanked.

**Pauly Howard** (1:02)
Was he?

**Mitch Moss** (1:03)
Yeah. He was obviously really good. Staked to a three nothing lead. But now they made a move to Wells the way it looks. There are two outs in the bottom of the sixth.
And our runners on the corners for Rumfield in the Rockies.

**Pauly Howard** (1:16)
And the total is only six and a half?

**Mitch Moss** (1:19)
That's in the Rockies game?

**Pauly Howard** (1:21)
Yeah. There's too much time left. Especially in that ballpark.
If they hold on, they would be 17 and 5 in his starts.
He's been a solid year. So it's funny. It's baseball, Susan. Freddie had a one-two ERA career in Coors. And Martinez had a career ERA of seven. And he had to shut out ball through five here. So great story with Tampa.

**Mitch Moss** (1:48)
Tonight, the Pirates and the Brewers play again. Finally, last night, Milwaukee got a win against Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh had taken six out of seven against the crew on the season, but they get that win. Logan Henderson, very good again. Last night, tonight, it's going to be Kyle Harrison to the mound.

**Pauly Howard** (2:03)
You guys back?

**Mitch Moss** (2:04)
Yeah, from a trip to the 15-day IL. Rehab start on July 30th. High A, five and two-thirds. Zero earned runs, five Ks. On the road, a four, nine, one ERA in eight starts versus at home, which is where he's going tonight 1.53 ERA, 11.5 Ks per night as well. And there's the American League MVP, Jordan Alvarez with an RBI double the weight.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:27)
Oh my God, they got him.

**Mitch Moss** (2:29)
He did not hustle in the second base.

**Pauly Howard** (2:32)
Get a slide.

**Mitch Moss** (2:34)
That's outrageous.

**Pauly Howard** (2:35)
I'd set him. I would set him. You can't do that.
Come on, half-assing it.

**Mitch Moss** (2:41)
That is going to piss off a lot of people.

**Pauly Howard** (2:43)
What is he doing?

**Mitch Moss** (2:44)
It's five, four. He smokes one to the corner. He's not even running full speed. Go stand up to second base to get him. So instead of nobody out, Alvarez on second.

**Pauly Howard** (2:55)
Let's see how, when the jog starts, when does he slow it down?

**Mitch Moss** (3:00)
That's a bad angle. Oh, he let up. He let up.

**Pauly Howard** (3:05)
I still think he's in there.

**Mitch Moss** (3:06)
Oh, he's safe. Oh my God, he's safe by a mile.

**Pauly Howard** (3:08)
A horrible job by the ump. He's looking right at it. Oh, he came off.

**Mitch Moss** (3:11)
Does he come off? Does he come off here? Does he hold the tag?

**Pauly Howard** (3:14)
That's a tough call.

**Mitch Moss** (3:15)
Well, we got to get a different angle because he's clearly, if he doesn't come off the base, he's safe by a step and a half there. And was he pushed off the bag? Oh no, my God, what is that guy looking at?
He never came off the bag, Paul. That's a horrific call by the ump. But the point remains, Alvarez has to get down there.

**Pauly Howard** (3:34)
Frozen.

**Mitch Moss** (3:34)
Okay. Do you want to buy in on skeins?

**Pauly Howard** (3:36)
Going back to the conversation there. So he's got an ERA of five and change last 14 starts.
He has one of the worst pitchers in baseball ROI.
Sixth worst. They've lost 14 of his 23 starts. I mean, it begs the question, like Will Hill said, what if they would have the record that they did the last year when he pitched? Look at their record when he pitches and when he doesn't pitch. More on that with the Phillies, it'll blow your mind. But I just like you said earlier in the week, look at the velocity, how it's down. What's happened to the fastball? Where's the gas and the heat? So very hittable, scary numbers. ERA five and change last 14 Can't buy in, can't do it. Been bad for a long stretch. And the fact that they lose most of the time when he pitches now. Completely flipped.