on june 2, 2018, the miami dolphins signed baker to a four-year, $3.80 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $975,200. throughout training camp, baker competed to be the starting strongside linebacker after the role was left vacant by the departure of lawrence timmons. baker competed against mike hull, stephone anthony, chase allen, and quentin poling. head coach adam gase named baker and kiko alonso the starting outside linebackers to begin the regular season. they started alongside middle linebacker raekwon mcmillan.