Bradley Donald Baker (born November 6, 1980, in Brattleboro, Vermont) is a former Minor League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher.
Brad began the 2003 season with the Class A Lake Elsinore Storm, compiling a 3–1 record, a 2.01 ERA, and 69 K before being called up back to AA Mobile.
Near the end of the season, he was called up to the AAA Portland Beavers, where he played 4 games, recording a stellar 0.93 ERA in 9.2 innings pitched.
Knowing that if he stayed in San Diego he would have to compete for a job with Hoffman, the Atlanta Braves signed Baker as a free agent on November 17, 2005, to a one-year contract.
He figured to have an excellent chance of making the 2006 major league club as he had a good spring training and the Braves did not have a closer.
[1] In 2007, Baker signed a free agent contract with the Minnesota Twins and split time between the AA New Britain Rock Cats and the AAA Rochester Red Wings.
Without much interest from any major league teams for the 2008 season, a newspaper article in March 2008 cited Baker as stating that he was retiring from professional baseball.