As a result of keeping hydrated so a hamstring problem can be overcome and he can get back in the Yankees lineup, Aaron Hicks is leaking fluids.

Hicks left Game 1 of the ALDS against the Red Sox on Friday night at Fenway with a tight right hamstring and didn’t play in Game 2. He expects to be ready for Monday night’s Game 3 at Yankee Stadium with the best-of-five series tied 1-1.

“We have been doing a lot of things. We have been trying to get me hydrated. So every single day I’ve been peeing like crazy, being hydrated,” Hicks said Sunday at Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees didn’t work out but some players, Hicks included, received treatment. “I am kind of testing it out, see how it feels.”

Hicks played a big part in the Yankees winning 100 games and had a clutch RBI double in the AL wild-card game against the A’s. He left Game 1 in the fourth inning of a 5-4 loss and didn’t participate in the 6-2 Game 2 victory, in which Brett Gardner started in center field and worked a pivotal walk that fueled a two-run second inning against David Price.

“I have been pretty much eager to get on the field and playing these games,” Hicks said. “These are meaningful games and I want to be out there with my team.”

Aaron Boone is hopeful Hicks can play in Game 3, but if it takes until Game 4, the manager is OK with that.

“At worst, I feel it’s a day-to-day situation,” Boone said. “If we were going to make a [roster] move like that, then you would potentially lose him for considerable time. I don’t think we are anywhere near that.”

An injured player can be replaced on the roster during a postseason series. However, if he is, that player isn’t eligible for the next series.