Call-ups from the minors for April 7, 2012

With the start of the regular season less than a week away, we continue our annual review of the top prospects in baseball. This week we take a look the top starting pitching prospects in the game. Each year there seems to be a bevy of talented young hurlers that establish themselves as rotation mainstays.

Here are our Minor League draft grids, the essential tool for dominating the end-game or minor-league portions of your drafts this weekend.

Much of the prospect discussion in spring training has revolved around future stars such as Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, and Matt Moore. There has also been plenty of focus on international talents. While Yoenis Cespedes and Gerardo Concepcion have signed with major league organizations, Jorge Soler is waiting to be granted free agency by Major League Baseball. These three international prospects are profiled here with full scouting reports and a prognosis for future success.

This week we continue our annual review of the top prospects in baseball by position, this time with top OF prospects. From a depth standpoint, this year's crop of outfielders seems a bit on the light side. This is overshadowed by the presence of the two potential behemoths at the top of the list: Bryce Harper and Mike Trout.

This week we continue our annual review of the top prospects in baseball by position, this time with top 3B prospects. On the surface, there doesn't appear to be any prospect assured of significant playing time in 2012. There aren't many openings at present, though a few prospects could take advantage of minor injuries or the lack of depth. The lack of major league-ready 3B shouldn't be any indication, however, of the quality of prospects at that position.

This week we continue our review of the top prospects in baseball with an overview of the shortstop position. Unlike the other positions we have reviewed (C, 1B, and 2B), shortstop is loaded. At the top of the list are two dynamic and athletic players: Jurickson Profar (TEX) and Manny Machado (BAL).

This week we continue our annual review of the top prospects in baseball by position, focusing on second base. For the past two weeks we have been lamenting the lack of positional depth at C and 1B, and that theme continues this week as 2B is historically the thinnest position in the minors.

This week we continue our annual review of the top prospects in baseball by position. Similar to the catching crop outlined last week, the 1B position is very thin. Only four 1B appear in our Top 100 list and only one player figures to win a starting job in Spring Training.

This week we kickoff our annual review of the top prospects in baseball by position. We start with the most demanding position on the diamond, the catcher. This year's crop of top catching prospects remains both thin and relatively unchanged from 2011.

As fantasy baseball becomes increasingly competitive, some leagues allow owners to stash players on their roster before they’ve signed professional contracts. If that’s your league, not knowing who the top college stars are puts you at a disadvantage. Below are five players who will likely be high selections in the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft—none are can’t miss prospects, but all have a chance to be impact fantasy players in the next five years.