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Clevinger was added to the 40-man roster Friday.

Clevinger spent all of 2015 at Double-A, working to a 2.73 ERA with 145 strikeouts in 158 innings. He'll be 25 years old to start the 2016 season, but it's unlikely he works his way up to the big league club.

Bridwell had his contract selected by the Orioles on Friday.

Bridwell posted a 3.99 ERA through 18 starts with Double-A Bowie in 2015, but had his season cut short after coming down with a bout of elbow inflammation in his throwing arm. He's expected to be ready to go by the start of next season, but he'll likely start out back at Double-A.

Musgrove was added to the 40-man roster Friday.

Musgrove was the Astros' 2015 Minor League Pitcher of the Year and could be a candidate to join the major-league team next season, so it's likely the team added him to the 40-man roster in order to protect him from the upcoming Rule 5 Draft.

Keuchel was named the American League Cy Young Award winner by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Wednesday, MLB.com reports.

The 27-year-old lefty edged out David Price for the award on the strength of a 20-8 record, 2.48 ERA and 1.02 WHIP over 232 innings. Keuchel improved his strikeout rate from 2014 by more than five percent, while also trimming his walk rate slightly and maintaining a groundball rate over 60 percent. In fact, he led AL qualifiers in groundball rate for a second straight season (61.7%).

Hill agreed to a one-year, $6 million contract with the A's on Tuesday, pending a physical, Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports reports.

The 35-year-old surprised everyone by allowing just five earned runs in four starts for Boston last season (29 innings), posting a 36:5 K:BB over the final couple weeks. If nothing else, he should prove a valuable innings-eater for Oakland next season, but ideally the team will be able to trade him if his success carries over to the first half. Hill owns a 4.54 ERA and 1.35 WHIP in 500 career innings at the major league level.

Bundy (shoulder) will not pitch again in the Arizona Fall League, CSN Mid-Atlantic reports.

General manager Dan Duquette announced Wednesday that the team has shut Bundy down indefinitely with a muscle strain in his right forearm. Bundy, who threw two innings in the Fall League, underwent Tommy John surgery in June of 2013, but Duquette said he is not overly concerned about this setback. The team is hoping he can rehab and be ready come spring.

Bundy will likely not pitch in the final two weeks of the Arizona Fall League due to right forearm stiffness, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports reports.

At this time, Baltimore still appears to be leaning on the cautious side, as the team still lists him as "day-today", but Kubatko reports Bundy is unlikely to pitch again in the Arizona Fall League so he can receive treatment for a muscle strain. Considering the seemingly volatile nature of Bundy's status as a prospect, more information will surely follow in the weeks to come, but for now it seems as if the 22-year-old will be ready for spring training.

Bundy was scratched from his scheduled Arizona Fall League start Monday due to "forearm tightness," Rich Dubroff of CSN reports.

The Orioles are likely just exercising caution with Bundy, and the issue is considered "very minor," per Dubroff. Bundy missed most of last season with a shoulder issue, and he continues to be a difficult prospect to evaluate in dynasty formats.

Bundy (shoulder) appeared in an Arizona Fall League game Monday and said his shoulder "felt good" while throwing a scoreless inning, according to MASN Sports.

Bundy needed just seven pitches to retire three batters, one on a strikeout. His velocity topped out at 94 mph. It was not necessarily expected that Bundy would make an appearance this fall, so it is certainly a bonus in his rehab to get into some games. Bundy is expected to start Friday and Monday and he should throw more pitches each time out.

Bundy was reinstated off the 60-day DL on Monday, MASN Sports reports.

Bundy hasn't appeared at any level since May, but he's slated to make his Arizona Fall League debut later Monday. The 22-year-old has been able to throw bullpen sessions recently, so the club is optimistic that he's recovering well from a bout of shoulder tendinitis. Bundy is out of options at this point, so he'll likely begin the season with the big league club to protect him from being exposed to waivers.