In both of Sands’ saves, there’s more to it than just saying he was the next choice because Duran wasn’t available.
His first save was in the second game of the doubleheader. Not only had Duran pitched in the first game, but so had Jax, so he wasn’t available either. Sands was the best of what was left after using the top guys to nail down Game 1.
in his second save, Duran wasn’t available but Jax was. However, I think Rocco played it more by situation. Jax didn’t get the save but he was the one who got the top of the lineup in the eighth. Sands then got the save by pitching to 5-6-7 in the lineup. I’d argue that Jax was the more trusted one.