MLB Prospects: Top Pitching Prospects Take the Mound on Friday Night

On Friday night, some of baseball's top pitching prospects—many of whom place within Prospect Pipeline's Top 50—will take the mound. While pitchers such as Gerrit Cole, Carlos Martinez, Tyler Skaggs and Garrett Richards will look to continue their hot start to the season, others, such as Matt Harvey, Brett Oberholtzer and Casey Crosby, will try to bounce back from their slow start.

Most of the below games can be viewed on MiLB.tv which, if you're already an MLB.tv subscriber, is well worth the additional $20—even though some of the camera angles are less than ideal.

However, if I had to pick one of these pitchers to watch this evening, I'd have to go with the Mets' Matt Harvey, who is slated to throw against the Syracuse Chiefs and Bryce Harper. Admittedly, I'll be watching this game for Harper more so than Harvey.    

Org.	Org. Rank	Prospect	Team	Level	2012 Stats	Time
PIT	2	Gerrit Cole	Bradenton	High-A	0-0, 5.14 ERA, 11/3 K/BB	6:30 p.m. ET
STL	3	Carlos Martinez	Palm Beach	High-A	0-1, 2.70 ERA, 12/4 K/BB	6:30 p.m. ET
DET	4	Casey Crosby	Toledo	Triple-A	0-2, 9.00 ERA, 7/6 K/BB	6:35 p.m. ET
NYM	2	Matt Harvey	Buffalo	Triple-A	0-1, 7.62 ERA, 9/8 K/BB	7:00 p.m. ET
LAD	7	Chris Withrow	Chattanooga	Double-A	N/A	7:15 p.m. ET
SEA	N/R	Andrew Carraway	Jackson	Double-A	2-0, 2.00 ERA, 13/3 K/BB	7:43 p.m. ET
CWS	2	Nestor Molina	Birmingham	Double-A	1-1, 5.40 ERA, 11/1 K/BB	8:05 p.m. ET
COL	N/R	Alex White	Colorado Springs	Triple-A	0-1, 4.32 ERA, 7/2 K/BB	8:05 p.m. ET
HOU	4	Brett Oberholtzer	Corpus Christi	Double-A	0-0, 9.35 ERA, 4/4 K/BB	8:05 p.m. ET
ARI	2	Tyler Skaggs	Mobile	Double-A	0-1, 3.27 ERA, 15/2 K/BB	8:05 p.m. ET
LAA	6	Garrett Richards	Salt Lake	Triple-A	2-0, 2.14 ERA, 21/4 K/BB	8:35 p.m. ET
CIN	9	Tony Cingrani	Bakersfield	High-A	1-0, 0.90 ERA, 11/3 K/BB	10:15 p.m. ET