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Could Quentin be Sox’ odd man out?

Singling Carlos Quentin out for the White Sox’ 4-0 loss to the Rangers on Monday night is not even close to being fair.

So we won’t.

Like everybody else in the Sox’ lineup in the opener of a three-game series at Arlington, Texas, Quentin was overmatched by Rangers starting pitcher Alexi Ogando, who breezed to a complete-game shutout while scattering 5 singles.

A former minor-league outfielder and a reliever with Texas last season, Ogando improved to 5-0 with the dominant effort against the White Sox, and he lowered his ERA to 1.81.

That ranks third in the American League behind Boston’s Josh Beckett (1.73) and Oakland’s Trevor Cahill (1.79), so give Ogando some credit for being pretty darn good.

“We couldn’t do much,” manager Ozzie Guillen told reporters after the Sox’ offense was blanked for the sixth time in 49 games. “We hit a couple of balls hard here and there, but we couldn’t do much with him.”

Give White Sox left-hander John Danks another towel to cry in.

Looking for his first win of the season despite coming in with a respectable 4.32 ERA, Danks fell to 0-7 after yet another night of no run support.

Again, it’s not all on Quentin.

As a matter of fact, the White Sox’ right fielder was coming around pretty well with 4 hits in 7 at-bats before sitting out Saturday and Sunday’s wins over the Dodgers with a sore left knee.

Quentin was 0-for-3 against Ogando, dropping his batting average to .255.

Not great, but Quentin has been better than teammates Adam Dunn (.189), Alex Rios (.202) and Gordon Beckham (.232), the Sox’ biggest underachievers through the first two months of the season.

So why keep mentioning CQ?

Because when the White Sox return home from this 10-game road trip that continues in Toronto (four games) and Boston (three), it’s going to be June and general manager Kenny Williams said that will be the time to talk about making a change.

The question is — does Quentin get traded?

I think it’s going to be something that is heavily weighed, even if the Sox start cutting into the first-place Indians’ lead in the AL Central. With its comeback win over the Red Sox Monday night, Cleveland (30-15) is up by 10 games on the White Sox again.

The reason for trading Quentin?

Besides being a notoriously streaky hitter and a physical liability, Quentin is the one player blocking Dayan Viciedo’s path back to the major leagues.

Viciedo can play first base, but Paul Konerko is not going anywhere.

He probably could handle left field, but that would be yet another position change for the natural third baseman.

Viciedo can’t single-handedly lift the White Sox’ offense into an extended surge, but he did hit 2 more home runs Sunday for Class AAA Charlotte.

Heading into Monday, Viciedo ranked second in the International League with 36 RBI and was batting .391 with 4 home runs and 15 RBI in his last 12 games.

The White Sox need more consistent offense. That should be enough of a reason for finding a way to get Viciedo into the lineup.

ŸSox shortstop Alexei Ramirez was named AL Player of Week. He hit .417 with 6 doubles, 1 home run and 9 RBI and was 4-for-5 with 5 RBI vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.