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Week 12 Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include: Francisco Alvarez, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Andrew Abbott, more

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Fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 12 of the 2023 MLB season. These are free agent options to add off waivers, and our rankings will help you prioritize.

Welcome back RotoBallers to our fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 12 -- June 12 through June 18. We are more than two months into the season, with the All-Star break right around the corner. More top prospects are being called up to the big leagues, and some are producing for fantasy managers immediately. Elly De La Cruz, Jordan Walker, Edouard Julien, Andrew Abbott, Bryan Woo, and Jonny DeLuca were recently promoted. Jordan Westburg, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Colton Cowser, Bo Naylor, and Ronny Mauricio continue to rake in the minors. At the same time, Gavin Williams, Ben Brown, Kyle Harrison, and Emmet Sheehan have pitched well and are patiently waiting for a promotion to the majors. 

Fantasy managers might have some injured stars return soon, such as New York Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon (elbow, back), who faced live hitters on Saturday. Baltimore Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins resumed baseball activities over the weekend. Notable injury notes include Eloy Jimenez (calf), Brandon Belt (hamstring), Ryan Mountcastle (illness), and J.D. Davis (hip) being considered day-to-day. Aaron Judge (foot), Yordan Alvarez (oblique), Pete Alonso (wrist), Vinnie Pasquantino (shoulder), Brandon Lowe (back), Jorge Polanco (hamstring), Jake Fraley (wrist), Akil Baddoo (quad), Liam Hendriks (elbow), and Ben Joyce (hand) were all placed on the injured list. The ball is flying out of the yard as offenses are heating up. We are here to help sort it all out with our latest waiver wire rankings article.

This week's waiver wire rankings feature players such as Matt McLain, Francisco Alvarez, Leody Taveras, Joey Wiemer, Jake Burger, AJ Smith-Shawver, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Gary Sanchez, Justin Lawrence, Nolan Jones, Andrew Abbott, Corey Julks, Triston Casas, Jack Suwinski, Griffin Canning, Gavin Williams, Michael Lorenzen, Kendall Graveman, and where they rank, among others. Read more to see where these players rank in the waiver wire rankings for Week 12.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy baseball lineup tools and resources:

 

Week 12 Waiver Wire Roundup for Fantasy Baseball

Just like any other week, we have put together a full assortment of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles. You can see that full roundup below to help prepare you for Sunday night's waiver wire runs for leagues with weekly transactions.

For those who are not familiar, our team's fantasy baseball waiver wire articles get published on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays each week. First up is our closers and saves waiver wire report by David Marcillo, followed by our two-start pitcher streamers article by Pranav Uppalapati released late each week to give you a head start on the week ahead.

For you premium subscribers, you get our overall waiver wire article, compliments of Nick Mariano. These will give you a solid overview of the waiver wire options. RotoBaller's resident points league guru Nick Gaut brings you his weekly points league pickups for hitters.

In addition to these articles, we also dig deeper for each position with individual waiver wire articles: starting pitcher pickups, outfield pickups, 2B and SS pickups, 1B and 3B pickups, deep fantasy hitter pickups, and players to consider dropping.

 

Who To Pickup for Fantasy Baseball Week 12?

Are you looking for a more direct and structured list of prioritized players to add off the waiver wire? This article is the final piece of the weekly waiver wire pickups series. Its goal is to show you our weekly ranking for the relevant waiver wire pickup options, including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size).

So below, you will find the overall rankings list. Below that, each individual position is in priority order. Hopefully, this helps you win your waiver wire this week!

Rank Player Name Pos. % Ros. Baller Move
1 Matt McLain SS 62 Add in All Leagues
2 Jake McCarthy OF 55 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
3 Francisco Alvarez C 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
4 Taj Bradley SP 62 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
5 Tanner Bibee SP 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
6 A.J. Puk RP 60 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
7 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 57 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Leody Taveras OF 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Jose Siri OF 18 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Austin Hays OF 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Andrew Abbott SP 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Joey Wiemer OF 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Giovanny Gallegos RP 55 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 MacKenzie Gore SP 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Royce Lewis SS 45 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Kendall Graveman RP 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Jake Burger 3B 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Marcell Ozuna OF 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Orlando Arcia 2B, SS, OF 48 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Logan Allen SP 46 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 AJ Smith-Shawver SP 55 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Nick Pratto 1B 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Eddie Rosario OF 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Triston Casas 1B 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Edouard Julien 2B 3 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Ji Hwan Bae 2B, OF 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 James Paxton SP 43 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 TJ Friedl OF 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Nolan Jones 1B, OF 40 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Adbert Alzolay RP 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 Luke Raley 1B, OF 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Ryan Noda 1B, OF 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 J.D. Davis 1B, 3B 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Brendan Donovan 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Mitch Haniger OF 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Jack Suwinski OF 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Brandon Marsh OF 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 Justin Lawrence RP 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 Jesus Sanchez OF 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 Alex Kirilloff 1B, OF 18 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 Willi Castro 2B, 3B, SS, OF 44 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 Mark Leiter Jr. RP 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
43 Michael King RP 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
44 Owen Miller 1B, 2B, 3B 47 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
45 Griffin Canning SP 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
46 Tommy Pham OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
47 Trevor May RP 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
48 Casey Schmitt 3B, SS 20 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
49 Aaron Civale SP 32 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
50 Gary Sanchez C 26 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
51 Garrett Whitlock SP 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
52 Jaime Barria SP 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
53 Luis Garcia (2B) 2B/SS 18 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
54 Jason Foley RP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
55 Tarik Skubal SP 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
56 Jace Peterson 2B, 3B, OF 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
57 Kutter Crawford SP 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
58 Jurickson Profar OF 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
59 Mark Canha OF 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
60 Luis Rengifo 2B, 3B, SS, OF 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
61 Will Brennan OF 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
62 LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B, OF 44 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
63 Gavin Williams SP 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
64 Mauricio Dubon 2B, SS, OF 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
65 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B 17 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
66 Oswald Peraza 3B, SS 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
67 Spencer Torkelson 1B 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
68 Kyle Hendricks SP 9 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
69 Ha-Seong Kim 2B, 3B, SS 32 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
70 Michael Lorenzen SP 32 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Randal Grichuk OF 10 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 Josh Donaldson 3B 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Michael A. Taylor OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Julio Teheran SP 35 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Mark Vientos UT 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Nick Fortes C 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Daniel Hudson RP 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Patrick Bailey C 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Corey Julks OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Chris Devenski RP 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues



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