[Syd Thrift]

I’m pretty positive that players don’t care where they’re slotted in the depth chart, just how much they actually play and in some cases what lineup slots they’re in when they play. If you set up a depth chart where one guy is essentially playing every day despite not being listed as a literal starter, his Role on Team won’t necessarily go down. I mean, the AI will still choose where he starts in the lineup so if he wants to be a lead off man and the AI bats him 7th, he won’t like it, but that’s not the same as what you’re talking about here.

Also, I don’t think players particularly care what position they’re playing as long as they’re getting into the lineup, at least in terms of Role on Team. If you put a 1B at SS, his Performance will suffer (and in that case Team Performance will also suffer, especially if you put an unrated player there), but he’ll be like “well, at least I still start every day”.