BALTIMORE — The hallway outside the visiting clubhouse at Camden Yards was lined on both sides with square orange tables, and New York Yankees players gathered around all of them, hunched over plates of sushi and cans of beer. Buses were lined up outside the stadium to take them to the airport. They could wait. It was time for the Yankees to bask in their success before things get real one last time.

A thrilling 7-1 win in 10 innings over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday was as perfect a way for the Yankees to cap a 7-3, three-city trip as it was for them to launch themselves into their final off day of the regular season Monday.

Six more games separate the Yankees from the postseason.

“Every game is going to be more important than the last one,” said catcher/first baseman Ben Rice, whose 10th-inning grand slam broke open the game with a 5-1 lead.

“Got to stay on top of it and keep our foot on the gas.”

Here are the Yankees’ four primary concerns in the last week of the regular season.

Clinching a postseason spot ASAP

Manager Aaron Boone might as well manage as if the playoffs start now. The Yankees’ magic number is down to three. Clinching sooner than later will allow his club to set itself up with ample time. Winning the division isn’t out of the question, though it’s unlikely. They’re two games back of the first-place Toronto Blue Jays, but Toronto owns the tiebreaker. So the Yankees have to finish three games better than the Blue Jays this week with just six games to play for them to notch a first-round bye. As of Sunday night, FanGraphs said the Yankees had just a 13.3 percent chance at winning the AL East.

Qualifying for the postseason will allow the Yankees to manage the workloads of Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. It will also allow the Yankees a little less pressure to push their back-end bullpen arms.

Nailing the top wild-card spot would give the Yankees home-field advantage in the first series, which they undoubtedly would prefer regardless of the opponent.

Thursday’s starting pitcher

The Yankees have TBD listed as their starting pitcher against the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.

“Everyone’s fine,” Boone said before Sunday’s game. “We’re just … yeah. We’ll see.”

Will Warren would be due for his turn in the rotation Thursday. However, pitching Carlos Rodón that day would also put him on regular rest for that start, and then set him up to pitch with an extra day’s rest in a potential Game 2 of the American League Wild Card Series.

It’s hard to imagine a scenario in which the Yankees don’t insert Rodón into the spot and either push back Warren or subtract him from the rotation in general, perhaps opting to see whether his stuff would play up in the bullpen over the final days of the season. Monday’s off day also gives the Yankees some room to mess around a bit with how they want to roll out their starters.

Have the Yankees already decided on their shortstop?

Since the Yankees felt Anthony Volpe was healthy enough to start Tuesday following the cortisone shot in his left shoulder, he’s gone 6-for-15 (.400) and has looked more decisive in the field. Volpe has also said he feels much better than he had, and that the time spent on his pregame and postgame maintenance for the partial labrum tear in his shoulder has shortened, as well.

José Caballero started at shortstop Sunday, but that seemed to be an effort at giving Volpe a break heading into Monday’s off day. The Yankees would be better served with Volpe as the starting shortstop — if he’s playing the way he’s capable of. Caballero would be a much better weapon off the bench than Volpe in terms of pinch running and defensive versatility, but Volpe needs to keep this up.

Planning the playoff roster

Everything still seems in play regarding the Yankees’ first-round roster. They’ll likely be in the wild-card round, and with a three-game set, there won’t be as big a need for starting pitching. The Yankees could shelve Warren, or they could push him back to the bullpen and drop another arm to put J.C. Escarra on the roster. Escarra may make sense as a late-game defensive replacement behind the plate for Rice in the playoffs if the Yankees get a lead.

They’ll also have to decide the best ways to get Rice in the lineup every game. He hasn’t caught a single Max Fried start this year, and Fried will be starting Game 1. If the Yankees were to face the Boston Red Sox in the wild card, they might need to keep Rice on the bench until the Sox bring in a righty to relieve ace Garrett Crochet. The back end of the bullpen seems mostly set, with Devin Williams pitching much better lately and David Bednar taking to the closer role.

Cam Schlittler and Luis Gil each will get one more start before the end of the season. Schlittler pitched well Sunday, but Gil has playoff experience and plenty of upside, as well. Who would start a potential wild-card Game 3 for the Yankees? Maybe it actually matters less, as the Yankees would unload all their available arms if they were facing elimination.

(Photo of Ben Rice celebrating his grand slam: Tommy Gilligan / Imagn Images)