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

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.

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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!

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