I was wondering this too, but it looks like there isn't a pitch out button this year accoriding to the screenshots steve posted of the controller layout. I guess we'll have to do it ourselves.
Nope, seems like they did this to get rid of the fielding problems. I'm not a big fan of how much cpu assistance is given, almost like I have little to no control until I get the ball or if it's not a catchable fly ball.