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RotoBallers welcome back to our mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 12 - June 12th through June 18th - to help you stay on top of the waiver wire, especially in leagues that allow daily moves. We are more than two months into the regular season, and more top prospects are being called up to the big leagues. Cincinnati Reds top prospect Elly De La Cruz and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Jo Adell were recently promoted to the majors. Since being called up on Tuesday, De La Cruz is hitting .429 (3-for-7) with a two-run home run over nine plate appearances. The 21-year-old is already rostered in 82% of Yahoo leagues. Atlanta Braves pitching prospect AJ Smith-Shawver is set to make his first MLB start this weekend.
Fantasy managers might have some injured stars return soon, such as Boston Red Sox outfielder Adam Duvall (wrist) can return from the injured list on Friday. New York Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon (back/forearm) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Rodon is on target to return by the end of June. Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames (concussion) and infielder Luis Urias (hamstring) recently returned to action. 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, Andrew Abbott, AJ Smith-Shawver, Jake McCarthy, Austin Hays, Taj Bradley, Royce Lewis, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Jorge Polanco, Adbert Alzolay, Mark Canha, Ben Joyce, Gavin Williams, Ha-Seong Kim, Jonny DeLuca rank early, among others. Read more to see where these players rank in the early waiver wire rankings for Week 12.
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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups List
For anyone who isn't familiar, every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, we release all sorts of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles. As part of that, Nick Mariano releases our waiver wire rankings list on Sundays to help you prioritize which players to target as free agent adds off waivers.
In addition to that, we are also putting out a second waiver wire rankings list mid-week. Since many fantasy baseball leagues have daily waiver wire moves or multiple waiver wire runs per week for adding players, this mid-week rankings list should help you keep track of players emerging in the middle of the week before we reach Sunday.
Below you will see our list of waiver wire pickups in our prioritized order. There should be waiver wire recommendations here for all sorts of league sizes, along with the position(s) for the player and the rostered percentages.
| Rank | Player Name | Position | % Owned |
Baller Move |
| 1 | Matt McLain | SS | 58 | Add in All Leagues |
| 2 | Jake McCarthy | OF | 57 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 3 | Jose Siri | OF | 19 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 4 | Josh Naylor | 1B, OF | 61 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 5 | Ezequiel Duran | 2B, 3B, SS | 60 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 6 | Tanner Bibee | SP | 54 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 7 | Taj Bradley | SP | 62 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 8 | MacKenzie Gore | SP | 53 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 9 | Austin Hays | OF | 51 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 10 | Andrew Abbott | SP | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 11 | A.J. Puk | RP | 58 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 12 | Taylor Ward | OF | 60 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 13 | Willi Castro | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 52 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 14 | Edward Cabrera | SP | 62 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 15 | Royce Lewis | SS | 54 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 16 | Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B | 48 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 17 | Giovanny Gallegos | RP | 56 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 18 | Marcell Ozuna | OF | 31 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 19 | Logan Allen | SP | 48 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 20 | Jake Burger | 3B | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 21 | Mitch Haniger | OF | 39 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 22 | AJ Smith-Shawver | SP | 20 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 23 | Jorge Polanco | 2B | 50 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 24 | Francisco Alvarez | C | 54 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 25 | Alex Kirilloff | 1B, OF | 19 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 26 | James Paxton | SP | 39 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 27 | Jake Fraley | OF | 46 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 28 | Brendan Donovan | 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 38 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 29 | Joey Wiemer | OF | 5 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 30 | Miguel Castro | RP | 44 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 31 | Adbert Alzolay | RP | 10 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 32 | J.D. Davis | 1B, 3B | 51 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 33 | Brandon Marsh | OF | 26 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 34 | Jack Suwinski | OF | 23 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 35 | Justin Lawrence | RP | 8 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 36 | Luke Raley | 1B, OF | 24 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 37 | Zach McKinstry | 2B, 3B, SS, OF | 45 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 38 | Jurickson Profar | OF | 9 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 39 | Michael King | RP | 33 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 40 | Ryan Noda | 1B, OF | 5 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 41 | Mark Leiter Jr. | RP | 28 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 42 | Owen Miller | 1B, 2B, 3B | 49 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 43 | Mark Canha | OF | 10 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 44 | Luis Urias | 2B, 3B, SS | 18 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 45 | Nick Pratto | 1B | 10 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 46 | Akil Baddoo | OF | 4 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 47 | Casey Schmitt | 3B, SS | 25 | Add in 12+ Team Leagues |
| 48 | Braxton Garrett | SP | 31 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 49 | Jaime Barria | RP | 18 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 50 | Luis Garcia (2B) | 2B/SS | 15 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 51 | Jonny DeLuca | OF | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 52 | Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 15 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 53 | Brusdar Graterol | RP | 20 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 54 | Garrett Whitlock | SP | 30 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 55 | Ben Lively | SP, RP | 35 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 56 | Ben Joyce | RP | 11 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 57 | Reese Olson | SP | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 58 | Gavin Williams | SP | 9 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 59 | Keibert Ruiz | C | 40 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 60 | Trevor May | RP | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 61 | Mauricio Dubon | 2B, SS, OF | 13 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 62 | Michael Lorenzen | SP | 29 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 63 | Nolan Jones | 1B, OF | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 64 | Jesus Sanchez | OF | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 65 | Jo Adell | OF | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 66 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 67 | Josh Donaldson | 3B | 7 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 68 | Grant Anderson | RP | 3 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 69 | Ha-Seong Kim | 2B, 3B, SS | 32 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 70 | Eddie Rosario | OF | 18 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 71 | Randy Vasquez | SP | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 72 | Nick Fortes | C | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 73 | Randal Grichuk | OF | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 74 | Brandon Bielak | SP, RP | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 75 | Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3B, SS, OF | 5 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 76 | Gary Sanchez | C | 10 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 77 | Jason Heyward | OF | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 78 | Patrick Bailey | C | 6 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 79 | Corey Julks | OF | 1 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
| 80 | Chris Devenski | RP | 2 | Add in 15+ Team Leagues |
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