Yeah, if they are *able* to play, they expect to play, so if you promised the start and want to keep the player, you don’t want to remove them from the lineup. Unless they are under (I think) 60%, they can play. It might be a little higher than 60%, the line where they are too hurt to play, but it’s not much. Usually best to just leave them on the depth chart, so you don’t miss a game, if he’s important to you.
You might be able to recover from 4 missed starts, but you probably need to keep him in the starting lineup for the rest of the year (Including conference tournament) now, because he’s real mad.