Mr Blue Sky's all bouncy and cheery. It may have a hint of cheese but I'd take it over a lot of the dramatic and bombastic nonsense football seems to attract to come across as super serious (related, look how many kit launch pictures have players trying to look intimidating with the apocalypse...
There can be a fairly large distinction between being surplus to requirements and being actively kept away from the team. Until Baker is fit to play nobody can say for sure which side he falls on.
I'm not still entirely convinced he's been ostracised and shunned completely. It'd make sense not to publish his squad number if he's in talks to leave, and then if it turns out he doesn't the number 8 hasn't been taken by anyone else.