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Anecdotally it appears to make a difference to me, though I've never tested it.
There is a nifty option now where you can have the AI set the defensive position initially but still have the option to change it yourself. Playing with this I saw a peculiar result. With a hitter listed as 'normal', the AI really wanted to put on an infield 'weak right shift'. I thought maybe they knew something I didn't, so let it go. The hitter sent one down the third base line for a double that probably would have been an out without the shift. The next time that batter came up the AI still wanted to shift but I said no (he hit a home run that appeared to just stay inside the right field foul pole).
Anyway, that feature is nice, because you can get the benefits (if any) of defensive positioning without the tedium of changing so frequently yourself.
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