"We told him, 'See how you feel when you wake up. If you're really sore, we're gonna send you for an MRI,'" Girardi said. "And that's what happened."
Girardi said the Yankees would know the results of the scan later Saturday. Hicks was unavailable for Saturday's game, leaving Dustin Ackley as New York's fourth outfielder.
The 26-year-old Hicks, though scuffling at the plate this season, has made a pair of impressive defensive plays during the Yankees' homestand, climbing the wall in foul territory to make a catch on Thursday and nailing a runner at the plate on Wednesday with the fastest throw in Statcast™ history.
Statcast: Hicks' 105.5-mph throw
OAK@NYY: Hicks unleashes 105.5-mph throw home for out
Statcast tracks Aaron Hicks' 105.5-mph throw to retire Danny Valencia at the plate for an impressive double play
Pinder has partial UCL tear
Girardi also said on Saturday that Yankees reliever Branden Pinder, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain on Friday, has a partial tear of his ulnar collateral ligament.
The partial UCL tear leaves the right-hander with two options, Girardi said: attempt to rehab his pitching elbow or "get it taken care of" via Tommy John surgery.
"He'll probably make the decision the next couple of days," Girardi said.
The 27-year-old Pinder has pitched in one game for the Yankees -- after which he felt the soreness in his elbow -- and two games for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2016.
Pinder's injury takes another relief option away from the Yankees' bullpen, which has gotten its typical shutdown results at the back end but has more question marks in middle relief. New York had also already lost reliever Nick Rumbelow to Tommy John surgery earlier in April.
"It's two less choices that you have that you could possibly bring up," Girardi said. "That always opens the door for somebody else -- I mean, that's kind of what injuries do a lot of the time. But it's frustrating because it's two guys we felt that would help us during the course of the year. So it does affect what we could possibly do, yeah."
David Adler is a reporter for MLB.com based in New York. Follow him on Twitter at @_dadler. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
Hicks undergoes MRI; UCL tear for Pinder
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