This is happening to me, but the opposite. I’m the best hitter on the team, 3rd in every lineup, but I’ll start a game and instead of starting from the beginning, it leaves me out of the lineup and asks if I want to play or simulate to next appearance.
If I play, it subs me for the 1B, which isn’t my usual position. If I simulate, it will pretty much leave me out of every game.
Feels like a bug.