Anderson odd man out?

Joe Cowley thinks its time for the White Sox to close the book on Brian Anderson. Cowley quotes Ozzie Guillen as saying Scott Podsednik is his centerfielder when Carlos Quentin returns.

Outfielder Brian Anderson didn’t see the comments from White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen last weekend. But he never really needed to.

It’s a numbers game now. With every day that Carlos Quentin gives a thumbs-up on a rehab program to strengthen his injured left foot, Anderson and Dewayne Wise know it’s one day closer to one of them being gone.

That was obvious when Guillen was asked during the Cubs series if he had the confidence to move leadoff hitter Scott Podsednik from left field to center to make room for Quentin when the power hitter is ready to return. That would end the platoon of Wise and Anderson.

”Yes, I will,” Guillen said with very little hesitation. ”If [Podsednik] continues to play like that, and the other two guys play the way they’re playing, there’s no doubt he will be my center fielder. If B.A. [Anderson] and D. Wise keep playing like this, that’s one man out. Pods will be my center fielder.”

Podsednik will be his center fielder. That’s a no-brainer.

But general manager Ken Williams should make the decision easier on Guillen. That means it’s time to close the book on the Brian Anderson era and trade the former first-round pick — not only for the Sox’ sake by clearing the pending logjam, but more important, for Anderson’s sake.

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