| 05 April 2012
The Diamondbacks' Minor League season begins on Thursday, and the rosters for all of the full-season clubs have been announced. From a prospect point of view, the team to watch will again be the Mobile BayBears, which will have 10 of the organization's Top 25 prospects, including #1 Trevor Bauer, #3 Tyler Skaggs, #4 Matt Davidson, and #8 Patrick Corbin. Each club in the system, however, will have at least one highly rated prospect to follow: #2 Archie Bradley at Class A South Bend, #5 David Holmberg at High A Visalia, and #6 A.J. Pollock at AAA Reno. Three of the the top five pitchers, Bauer, Holmberg, and ABradley, are scheduled to start on Opening Night tonight.
Here are the assignments for the organization's Top 25 Prospects:
| Player | Level | Team |
| 1. Trevor Bauer, RHP | AA | Mobile |
| 2. Archie Bradley, RHP | A | South Bend |
| 3. Tyler Skaggs, LHP | AA | Mobile |
| 4. Matt Davidson, 3B | AA | Mobile |
| 5. David Holmberg, LHP | Hi A | Visalia |
| 6. A.J. Pollock, CF | AAA | Reno |
| 7. Bobby Borchering, LF/1B | Hi A | Visalia |
| 8. Patrick Corbin, LHP | AA | Mobile |
| 9. Wade Miley, LHP | Majors | Arizona |
| 10. Anthony Meo, RHP | Hi A | Visalia |
| 11. Chris Owings, SS | Hi A | Visalia |
| 12. Marc Krauss, LF | AA | Mobile |
| 13. Adam Eaton, OF | AA | Mobile |
| 14, Evan Marshall, RHP | AA | Mobile |
| 15. Ryan Wheeler, 3B | AAA | Reno |
| 16. Andrew Chafin, LHP | Hi A | Visalia |
| 17. Charles Brewer, RHP | AA | Mobile |
| 18. Keon Broxton, CF | Hi A | Visalia |
| 19. Kyle Winkler, RHP | Hi A | Visalia |
| 20. Mike DeMark, RHP | AAA | Reno |
| 21. David Nick, 2B | AA | Mobile |
| 22. Kevin Munson, RHP | AA | Mobile |
| 23. Fidel Pena, C/2B | A | South Bend |
| 24. Wagner Mateo, CF/1B | Short Season | TBD |
| 25. Chase Anderson, RHP | Injured | TBD |
Here are the expected pitching rotations for each club. Both the Mobile and Visalia rotations are loaded with exciting pitching prospects.
AAA Reno: Barry Enright, Chris Jakubauskas, Zach Kroenke, Tom Layne, Joe Martinez
AA Mobile: Trevor Bauer, Charles Brewer, Patrick Corbin, Tyler Skaggs, Derek Eitel
High A Visalia: Andrew Chafin, David Holmberg, Anthony Meo, Kyle Winkler, Eric Smith/Diogenes Rosario
A South Bend: Archie Bradley, J.R. Bradley, Tyler Green, John Pedrotty, Jeffrey Shields, Jesse Darrah
