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Mid-Week Waiver Wire Rankings - Fantasy Baseball Pickups Include David Bednar, Brady House, Nick Kurtz, Evan Carter, Cade Horton

Cade Horton - Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Rankings

Mid-week fantasy baseball waiver wire rankings for Week 12 (2025). Free-agent hitters and pitchers to add include David Bednar, Brady House, Nick Kurtz, Evan Carter, and Cade Horton.

Summer officially starts on Friday. The weather continues to warm up, baseballs are flying out of the yard, and we are a few weeks away from the halfway point of the MLB season. Injuries continue to pile up, top prospects are getting the call to the show, and at RotoBaller HQ, we are back with more fantasy baseball advice to help you win your leagues. Today, we review our mid-week waiver rankings for Week 12-- June 16  through June 22  to help fantasy managers in leagues that allow daily moves. This edition of waiver wire rankings features David Bednar, Brady House, Nick Kurtz, Evan Carter, and Cade Horton

There are key performances, prospect promotions, and injuries to watch for this week. Washington Nationals third baseman Brady House was promoted to the majors on Monday. House is hitting .364 (4-for-11) with an RBI and a steal over three big league games. Pirates closer David Bednar has been lights out in June, racking up four saves with a 0.56 WHIP, 15.2 K:9 across 5 1/3 scoreless innings. Corbin Carroll is day-to-day after getting hit in the left hand with a pitch, while Bryce Harper remains on the injured list and continues to work his way back from wrist inflammation.

For anyone unfamiliar, we release all sorts of fantasy baseball waiver wire articles every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 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. Stay on top of our weekly waiver wire rankings and turn on MLB news alerts to stay ahead of the curve. Once you're done here, check out our fantasy baseball prospects articles for the latest names to stash and pick up.

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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Pickups List

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. This article will guide you through our weekly ranking of the relevant waiver-wire pickup options, including how to prioritize them for your league (depending on the league size).

Rank Player Name Position % Ros. Baller Move
1 David Bednar RP 59 Add in All Leagues
2 Jac Caglianone 1B,OF 50 Add in All Leagues
3 Michael Busch 1B 57 Add in All Leagues
4 Josh Lowe OF 51 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
5 Nick Kurtz 1B 29 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
6 Eury Perez SP 45 Add in 10+ Team Leagues
7 Evan Carter OF 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
8 Shelby Miller RP 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
9 Colton Cowser OF 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
10 Daniel Palencia RP 43 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
11 Trevor Story SS 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
12 Christian Encarnacion-Strand 1B 25 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
13 Mick Abel SP 47 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
14 Marcelo Mayer 3B,SS 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
15 Brady House 3B 7 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
16 Matt Shaw 2B,3B,SS 34 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
17 Willi Castro 2B,3B,SS,OF 58 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
18 Jo Adell OF 26 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
19 Addison Barger 3B,OF 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
20 Grant Holmes SP,RP 60 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
21 Noah Cameron SP 51 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
22 Max Muncy 2B,3B,SS 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
23 Emmet Sheehan SP 15 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
24 Will Warren SP 50 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
25 Ceddanne Rafaela 2B,SS,OF 54 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
26 Bubba Chandler SP 30 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
27 Jake Burger 1B,3B 52 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
28 Jesus Sanchez OF 12 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
29 Cam Smith 3B,OF 24 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
30 Ben Rice 1B 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
31 Agustin Ramirez C,1B 33 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
32 Jurickson Profar OF 22 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
33 Clayton Kershaw SP 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
34 Shane Smith SP,RP 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
35 Cade Horton SP 27 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
36 Sal Frelick OF 32 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
37 Wilmer Flores 1B 41 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
38 Ronny Mauricio 2B,3B 11 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
39 Matt Wallner OF 10 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
40 Otto Kemp 1B,2B,3B 4 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
41 Ben Brown SP,RP 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
42 Lance McCullers Jr. SP 35 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
43 Calvin Faucher RP 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
44 Hayden Birdsong SP,RP 36 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
45 Randy Rodriguez RP 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
46 Gavin Sheets 1B,OF 29 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
47 Tommy Kahnle RP 37 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
48 Dylan Lee RP 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
49 David Festa SP 8 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
50 Robert Garcia RP 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
51 Ben Casparius RP 16 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
52 Miguel Vargas 1B,3B,OF 42 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
53 Alejandro Kirk C 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
54 Javier Baez 3B,SS,OF 31 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
55 Michael Toglia 1B,OF 20 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
56 Quinn Priester SP 39 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
57 Sawyer Gipson-Long SP 5 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
58 Brooks Lee 2B,3B,SS 14 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
59 Brandon Walter SP,RP 23 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
60 Jeff McNeil 2B,OF 21 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
61 Jacob Lopez SP 3 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
62 Trevor Larnach OF 13 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
63 Austin Hays OF 19 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
64 Colton Gordon SP 5 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
65 Griffin Jax RP 22 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
66 Abner Uribe RP 22 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
67 Greg Weissert RP 5 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
68 Abraham Toro 1B,2B,3B 28 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
69 Charlie Morton RP 53 Add in 12+ Team Leagues
70 Bryce Elder SP 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
71 Jordan Beck OF 16 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
72 J.P. Crawford SS 26 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
73 Ryan McMahon 3B 34 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
74 Jake Mangum OF 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
75 Kyle Teel C 7 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
76 Hyeseong Kim 2B,SS,OF 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
77 Giancarlo Stanton OF 47 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
78 Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
79 Ryan Ritter SS 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
80 Brett Baty 2B,3B 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
81 Matt Strahm RP 15 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
82 Orion Kerkering RP 18 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
83 Garrett Whitlock SP,RP 8 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
84 Reid Detmers SP,RP 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
85 Ernie Clement 2B,3B,SS 18 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
86 Justin Verlander SP 23 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
87 Cole Young 2B,SS 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
88 Chase Burns SP 14 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
89 Coby Mayo 1B,3B 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
90 Josh Bell 1B 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
91 Jerar Encarnacion OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
92 Andrew Painter SP 17 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
93 Samuel Basallo C,1B 6 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
94 Chase DeLauter OF 2 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
95 Dalton Rushing C,OF 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
96 Quinn Mathews SP 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
97 Bryce Eldridge 1B 4 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
98 Colby Thomas OF 1 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
99 Joe Boyle SP 5 Add in 15+ Team Leagues
100 Rhett Lowder SP 3 Add in 15+ Team Leagues

The roster percentage is from Yahoo! leagues.

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