The media are just guessing. Everything is "likely" or "possibly" when they talk about Baker going back to WA.
Anyway, Jon Ralph just said Baker was an Eagles fan growing up. He loves the Tigers but the offer to go home is one too big to pass on. Freo currently have 3 picks inside the first round - 10,11,13 - and are in the window [ed. are they?]. Eagles may look to split their first pick (currently pick 4) and offer one of the split picks for Baker.