Tanaka’s mind not on possible final Bronx start

Masahiro Tanaka will take the mound Friday against the Blue Jays with a chance it’s the last time he pitches for the Yankees.

But even though he’s not starting a potential wild-card game Tuesday and can opt out of his contract and become a free agent following the season, the right-hander said his possible finale as a Yankee won’t be on his mind.

“I don’t think about that,” Tanaka said through an interpreter before the Yankees lost 9-6 to Tampa Bay on Thursday. “I’m just focused on what I have to do right now.”

His decision will come soon enough. He can stick around for the remainder of his contract for three years and $67 million or test the waters of free agency coming off a shaky season by opting out of the seven-year, $155 million deal he signed four years ago.

It’s a subject Tanaka has declined to discuss since the end of last year.

Still, he’s hoping to be able to add to his résumé during the playoffs, having pitched in just one postseason game since joining the Yankees. That was a 3-0 loss to the Astros in 2015, when Tanaka was outpitched by Dallas Keuchel.

His inconsistency this season, coupled with the emergence of Luis Severino, made the Yankees’ choice clear for a wild-card game against the Twins.

Brett Gardner and Aaron Judge homered to start the bottom of the first inning.

It was the first time the Yankees opened a game with back-to-back home runs since Derek Jeter and Curtis Granderson did it April 16, 2012 against the Twins.

Judge’s 112 RBIs are the most by a rookie since Albert Pujols drove in 130 in 2001. It’s the most by an AL rookie since Mark McGwire had 118 in 1987.

Chase Headley was the Yankees’ designated hitter against Rays’ right-hander Jake Faria. It was the 13th game the switch hitter served as the DH and before this season he had been the DH four times in eight-plus big league seasons.

Headley has had to adjust to not playing the field since Greg Bird returned from the DL and he isn’t a fan of sitting while the Yankees are in the field.

“I have to move around a lot. If I sit in the dugout for 45 minutes between at-bats I get cold and tight,’’ said Headley, who went 0-for-4. “I like to move around and watch a little bit of video.’’

Bird fouled a ball off the back of his left knee in the fifth inning, but stayed in the game until Matt Holliday pinch hit for him in the eighth against lefty Dan Jennings.

“I don’t know how you do it, but I did it,’’ Bird said of fouling a ball off the back leg.’’

Manager Joe Girardi and Bird said he was OK.

The plan is for Adam Warren to pitch Friday against the Blue Jays and the Yankees would like to see multiple outings from the reliever before committing to him for the wild-card game roster.