Before anyone bites my head off, hear me out
I think Stroman should start game 3
Here's why, first he'll be on his normal rest. 2nd, both pitchers are going to get the chance to pitch in a win and advance game, unless whoever pitches game 3 wins we advance. So Sanchez will get the opportunity to pitch in a game to get us to the ALCS regardless, unless Stroman already gets the job done. Why not use Stroman first, and if he gets the win you save Sanchez's innings for the next series and hopefully the WS. I fear if he pitches this series, and then twice in the ALCS we're gonna get to the WS if we do and he'll be approaching 210 innings and they'll say, nope he starts game 4 and only gets 1 WS game.
If you use Stroman first, you give yourself the oppurtunity to get the series done without using Sanchez, and if it doesn't work you have Sanchez going in a win and advance game anyway. Both Sanchez and Stroman will get to pitch unless the first 1 wins so they order isn't a big deal.
If it were 1-1, or 0-2 down then yeah get him out then in the crucial game 3 to go up 2-1 since there's gonna be a game 4 anyway or get him up there in the 0-2 elimination game for us knowing to advance we have to go through games 4 and 5 too. But up 2-0 he'll get a game if we need him bu we have the oppurtunity to save him.
The only real hypothetical downside is momentum. You throw Sanchez out there Sunday he shuts down the Rangers and it's done, you throw Stroman out there and they win they start gaining confidence into the game against Sanchez, but honestly I don't really feel like that's a big issue.
ok, now that you've heard me out feel free to bite my head off