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Pec minor is what rotates your shoulder blades "up and over" so that you can hunch over a keyboard all day.  It attaches directly to the ribs and not the humerus in any way. You'd basically have to rip the shoulder blade off the body to cause a complete rupture of pec minor in most cases, and if that happened you'd have other more pressing issues. ;)
And Doc, my guess is Carroll is getting a 2nd opinion before he puts him on IR for the season.  I don't think it'll help, but there's always the chance.
When your pec major is flapping in the wind, though, just wishing for it to reattach itself is probably a poor plan.  I'm not a big surgery guy - I think people, even athletes, get cut on too early in the process.  When I hear about pitchers having sections of their ribs cut out and major blood vessels re-routed because of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome I want to beat someone, because that is usually fixable with therapy, as it's simply bad postural mechanics compressing the chest in a way that impedes blood flow (and sometimes nerve function).
But when surgery IS required, I tend to bow out gracefully, and there's nothing I can do for reattaching a severed muscle.  My work starts after it's reattached.
~G