MINORS: Possible Early Arrivals

While the 2012 season is not yet a month old, injuries and slow starts are already prompting clubs to consider making roster changes.  Many of the early season call-ups will hardly cause a ripple in your free agent pool, but there are impact prospects who could reach the majors sooner than anticipated.  Our twice-weekly Minor League Watch List highlights the most impending call-ups, but this week we take a look at some scenarios that could land some high profile prospects in the majors.  Admittedly some of these scenarios are long-shots—at least right now—but every year someone like Juan Nicasio, Dee Gordon, Mike Trout, or Jacob Turner gets surprise a call-up with little or no experience above Double-A.

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