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I'm still skeptcal that Carp can produce enough in the majors, but I'm certainly an advocate of change.
While I know Ichiro needs his routine, it may well be that currently the best lineup, both offensively AND defensively, might include Carp in LF, Guti in CF and Halman in RF. Ichiro still looks lost and uncomfortable, and like he's lost about 3 steps in the OF as well. I don't get it - he's not the type to cliff dive, and he may well even still be one of the best-fit and best-prepared players in the game. But something is way off with Ichiro and maybe it'll take a day or three off completely to get it back on...
If I had one quibble about yesterday's lineup it's not that Cust & Smoak got a day off against a RH pitcher (that doesn't bother me nearly as much as it seems to have bothered Admiral Spreadsheet). Actually, my quibble is that they had an opportunity to try out Kennedy at 3B, a position he's played not infrequently, and get Carp some reps at 1B (even though he's been in LF mostly in Tacoma as of late). Smoak has definitely seemed in need of a day off. Against Verlander, a tough, tough pitcher especially for high-K guys like Smoak & Cust, it makes as much sense as anything, what with Smoak being a switchy.
Ackley for 2B and Kennedy for 3B. Figgins has been given plenty of chances. Let him battle for PT orts and fill in in the OF as needed or 3B or 2B... He's 'succeeded' in the role of super-utility player before. He's not entitled to starting 3B every day. Swap Peguero (who is completely overmatched, and likely would not have been called up had Halman not been injured at the time -- unless, of course, as may be the case, Wedge specifically asked for him) with Ackley and let Figgins be the roving OF option. Carp starts in LF, with Halman spelling Carp & Guti and even Ichiro on occasion. Let Peguero get the instruction and PT he needs consistently in Tacoma...