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Bill Plaschke: Silent treatment for elephant in room who throws 95 mph

LOS ANGELES_Roberto Osuna will not arrive at the Dodger Stadium visiting clubhouse until Sunday.

But, in the furrowed looks of the normally joyful Houston Astros, he's already here.

"I'm sorry, we just can't say anything, because we really don't know anything," said Brad Peacock.

Osuna will not show up until he's completed his 75-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, a penalty levied after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.

But in the silence of the usually talkative Astros, he already fills the room.

''Nope, sorry, I don't really want to go there," said George Springer.

When the Astros and

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