The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox.It’s another Windup mailbag takeover, and a bullpen game at that. My job is to give the team one good inning before a bunch of relievers come out of the bullpen, one after another — and we’re playing matchups.This week, specific writers responded to specific questions based on expertise and experience. Three of them are below, and you can read the full mailbag here. (As always, some questions have been edited for clarity.) Plus: Derek checks in on the Orioles. Welcome to The Windup!What are the most likely rule changes in the next 1, 3, 5 years?? — reader Eric R.First guy out of the pen is our resident Hall of Famer, Jayson Stark. Take it away, Jayson: With labor Armageddon hovering, it’s unlikely you’ll see anything new next year. You could see tweaks to ABS, but that wouldn’t qualify as a rule “change” in my book. But once the labor clouds lift? Then the league could start implementing — and experimenting with — more impactful and creative rule changes. Such as:High-tech checked-swing calls: Not only is there technology that can do this, but it’s already being used in Triple-A games in the Pacific Coast League. This just started a couple of weeks ago, but there’s an excellent chance you’ll see it in the big leagues sometime.Crackdowns on stalling: Hitters don’t think they’re stalling when they call timeout. Pitchers don’t think of it as stalling when they claim their PitchCom is on the fritz. But if this year’s minor-league experiments tell us anything, it’s that the league wants to tighten timeouts and limit PitchCom chicanery.Moving second base: Did you know that for 100 years, second base has been in the “wrong” place? So, watch for how it goes when the International League (Triple A) inches the bag closer to the plate — and also closer to first/third base — in the second half.Which story are you most excited to keep tabs on? Something that’s developing but not quite narratively complete yet? — Sam M.We all have that one friend who brings up random thoughts and observations, seemingly plucked out of nowhere, and after about five minutes of discussion, it becomes clear that he’s actually onto something. For me, Stephen Nesbitt is that friend:It’s dreadfully dull to write about the Dodgers in May, and arguably moronic to suggest Shohei Ohtani’s legacy is not yet narratively complete. He will go down as the greatest player in baseball history — a two-way talent the game has never seen. He’s a surefire Hall of Famer, a four-time MVP and two-time World Series champion, and still just 31 years old.Yet until this year, what would history say of Ohtani as a pitcher?I reckon he’d be overwhelmingly remembered as a hitter. The narrative of Ohtani as a pitcher: Struggled to hold peak performance on the mound; couldn’t stay healthy; might have lasted longer as a reliever. Ohtani had an excellent 3.00 ERA through 100 career starts from 2018 to 2025, but he only pitched more than 132 innings once over that span as he navigated injuries.