Gary Sanchez has jammed a lot of achievement into his first full month as a major leaguer.

He has usurped Brian McCann as the Yankees’ starting catcher, won AL Player of the Week, set a bunch of Yankees records for fewest at-bats to various homer levels and become the team’s regular No. 3 hitter.

So ponder this: If his September is akin to his August, could he become a factor in the AL Rookie of the Year race?

He almost certainly cannot win. Detroit’s Michael Fulmer has been so good that he also will be part of the AL Cy Young discussion.

But in a generally underwhelming AL rookie crop, could Sanchez go from not in the majors on Aug. 2 to barging his way onto ballots (30 voters rank their top three choices)?

Among AL rookies, Fulmer leads by a wide distance in Wins Above Replacement (WAR) at 4.7 (using the Baseball Reference version). Minnesota outfielder Max Kepler is second (2.7), Houston swingman Chris Devenski is third (2.0), and though he has played just 19 games, Sanchez is tied for fourth (1.9) with relievers Ryan Dull (A’s) and Tony Barnette (Rangers).

If Sanchez were to stay hot, he could finish second in the league in this category. Would voters honor a player who was great for a short period, or above-average for a longer stretch, such as outfielders Tyler Naquin (Indians) and Nomar Mazara (Rangers) or closer Edwin Diaz (Mariners)?

The most useful precedent for Sanchez is Willie McCovey. The Hall of Fame first baseman’s first game in 1959 was on July 30. He finished with 52 games and 219 plate appearances – similar to Sanchez’s projections. But he won Rookie of the Year unanimously despite a fantastic all-around season from Cincinnati’s Vada Pinson, likely because McCovey was so brilliant in his short stretch with 13 homers and a 1.085 OPS, which is the rookie record for players with at least 200 plate appearances. Sanchez is at 1.297.

Kevin Maas of the Yankees did not play until June 29, 1990, but finished second in the AL Rookie race, in part by setting the quickest-to-[insert home run number] records Sanchez is breaking now. But if WAR were a prevalent statistic in 1990, Maas probably would have done worse because he was a poor defender and ordinary baserunner. Sanchez is excelling on both sides of the ball, as is Houston’s Alex Bregman, who did not first play until July 25 and struggled initially before taking off lately.

If both Sanchez and Bregman continue to thrive, voters may have to decide how much playing time is enough to consider someone for Rookie of the Year. In fact, just about every question that bedevils award voting seems in play this year, such as:

Can an MVP come from a non-contender? You can make an argument Mike Trout of the Angels and Nolan Arenado of the Rockies are the best players in their respective leagues. But the Angels never have contended, and the Rockies have collapsed after a brief flirtation a month ago.

Of course, none of that is the fault of Trout or Arenado. If this were strictly about the best player in each league, both would stand strong chances of winning. But there is that word “valuable,” and voters bring their own meanings and narratives to what that word does or doesn’t mean. Should, for example, a voter give greater credence to Boston’s Mookie Betts or Houston’s Jose Altuve for being great under the pressure of a playoff chase, whereas – through no fault of his own – Trout is delivering another otherworldly season in what Marv Albert might call “extended garbage time?”

Can a reliever win Cy Young or MVP? Zach Britton has been brilliant this season. His detractors will say that peripheral stats show the Orioles closer is not even the best reliever in the AL, and he is not even the most valuable player on his team (Manny Machado). He is on pace to pitch just 67 innings. He was a failed starter, and pretty much any good starter who would be in play for the AL Cy Young — such as Corey Kluber or Cole Hamels or Chris Sale — probably would excel pitching 67 innings rather than 200.

But there is precedent with Willie Hernandez (1984) and Dennis Eckersley (1992) winning both awards as a closer. Eric Gagne won a 2003 Cy Young. Britton had converted all 38 of his save chances, just ended a streak of 43 straight appearances without yielding an earned run and has a 0.69 ERA. Also the value (that word again) of what he does for this particular club is substantial. Baltimore has poor starting pitching, and a big reason such a flawed team has stayed in contention is how impenetrable Britton has been.

He leads the majors in Win Probability Added, a stat that essentially confirms how valuable he is to winning by recognizing his success in high-leverage situations.

Can a starter win the Cy Young with a half-year of greatness? Clayton Kershaw has not pitched since June 26. He has just 16 starts. But he still leads NL pitchers in WAR. Kershaw has finished in the top three of the NL Cy Young in each of the past five years and won three times, yet he might have been pitching his best when his back gave out.

What Kershaw has produced is better than what any NL pitcher has done. But even if he comes back to make two or three starts before the end of the season, he will end up with at least a dozen fewer starts than other contenders such as Kyle Hendricks (Cubs), Madison Bumgarner (Giants) and Max Scherzer (Nationals).

Would voters rather reward 130 historic innings or 200-plus excellent ones?

Can teammates split votes for big awards? There remains debate if this is even a real thing. Voters select their preferences 1-through-10, and some might feel if there are two worthy candidates that neither carried the team, or the voter might not want to put two players from the same team near the top of their ballot.

So, for example, in 2008, did Minnesota’s Justin Morneau (who finished second) and Joe Mauer (who finished fourth) hurt each other’s chances, allowing Boston’s Dustin Pedroia to win? Except Pedroia’s teammate, Kevin Youkilis, finished third between Morneau and Mauer.

The team likely to be most impacted by this possibility in 2016 is the Cubs. Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo are both in the MVP discussion, and Hendricks and Jake Arrieta are both top Cy Young contenders.