Really, his defense can't be that much better than Nick Green to justify keeping this hoover vacuum of a hitter (he sucks) in there.

Tomas Perez ended a streak of eight straight strikeouts by popping out to second in his first at-bat on Monday night.
Perez went 0-for-3 with no strikeouts. He's in a 1-for-27 slump, but the Rays keep playing him at shortstop over Nick Green. Fortunately, Julio Lugo could be back on Friday.