Baseball situation question - 2nd base nobody out vs 3rd base one out?

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If you mindlessly look at overall stats, trading an out for 90 feet is a bad trade. Outs are precious, and if your on-deck batter hits a single, you've pretty much just wasted an out.


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In fairness to the OP, the question wan't really about an out for 90 feet. Rather, it was specifically about an out to move a runner into a position where he could be scored by a fly ball, wild pitch, pball, hit to right side of infield, another bunt, etc.

There is a big difference in taking an out to move a runner into scoring position (2nd base), versus moving a runner to third.