Bob Hulsey wrote:
A lot of Keith Law's SABR internet buddies work for the Astros so he's not going to be outright critical.

Actually, Law was very vocal while the Aiken situation was unfolding and was quite critical towards the Astros. His first article that came out back in June is entitled "Astros' failure to sign Aiken a total fiasco." 

Now, 9 months later, he's starting to walk it back a bit, pointing out that he and his fellow baseball writers weren't privy to all of the facts on the table and may have unfairly interpreted the Astros remaining silent throughout the process as hiding something or being unwilling to defend their actions.