Hour 2: Apple TV's Heidi Watney gives a National perspective on the 2026 Mariners
Bump and Stacy
Seattle Sports
4.5 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Apple TV Friday Night Baseball’s Heidi Watney joins the show to preview this weekend’s series against Clevland, give a National perspective on the Mariners, and much more. Bump talks about Flag Football, the NFL Offseason, and more in Four Down Territory. They clear up some things about the Seahawks NFL opener, listen to a former MLB pitcher rip his team’s new manager and front office, and more in The Timeline. And they talk about what they are hoping to see in the rest of this weekend’s Mariners series against the Guardians.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Quantum Fiber Studio. |
| 0:03.1 | This is Bump and Stacey on Seattle Sports. |
| 0:06.7 | Streaming through the Seattle Sports app and at SeattleSports.com. |
| 0:11.1 | Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross. |
| 0:18.4 | Tonight's game between the Mariners and Guardians is on Apple TV, joining us now. part of that broadcast team, Heidi Watney, on the Emeraldon Casino Sportsbook Hotline. |
| 0:26.5 | Heidi, how's it going? |
| 0:28.6 | Great. How are you guys doing? |
| 0:30.2 | We're fantastic. Obviously, starting out the season with a loss, which is a bummer, but doesn't really matter because this team has higher expectations, Heidi, |
| 0:38.0 | than I can ever remember entering a season. |
| 0:41.1 | Tell me just kind of to set the scene here, your national perspective when it comes to the Seattle |
| 0:46.1 | Mariners and the kind of season you think they could have. |
| 0:50.0 | Well, I think the preseason odds to win the World Series, I think they're third in there right now. |
| 0:57.6 | Their Pocoda projections have them winning 95 games, which is the second best record in MLB according to projections. |
| 1:06.3 | So I think nationally the Mariners have securely put themselves at one of the top spots in the league and definitely come in with more of a target on their back than they have ever in the past. |
| 1:17.6 | Hey, what are the production meetings like for you guys this year as opposed to last year when it comes to covering this team? |
| 1:23.6 | You know, I think there was excitement about this team for the last couple of years. |
| 1:28.3 | I'd always love coming here because, one, your city is gorgeous. |
| 1:31.3 | It was a little chilly yesterday for my California blood, but it's absolutely beautiful here, |
| 1:36.3 | beautiful ballpark, great players, good guys, good guys to talk to. |
| 1:41.3 | The rotation is just phenomenal, so you pretty much know you're going to get a good |
| 1:46.7 | pitching matchup almost every time out. |
| 1:49.9 | But I think the excitement this year is more just the offense and what the offense can do. |
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