I suppose that most things are possible but it seems unlikely.
Dustin Pedroia was pulled from yesterday's game after re-aggravating a strain in his left groin. As amusing as it might be a groin strain doesn't refer to the reproductive system but rather to a bundle of six adductor muscles in the inner thigh. The muscles are: the pectineus (light blue), the adductor brevis (yellow), the adductor longus (green), the adductor magnus (purple), the gracilis (red), and the obturator externus (dark blue). The main function of the muscle group is to move the leg inward; they also function to help rotate the hip.
A muscle strain can be as minor as just stretching a muscle too far to tearing the muscle fibers to tearing the muscle completely. The only way to treat the injured muscle is rest and then work specifically to strengthen the muscles. If Pedroia plans to return in the next few days, chances are that he didn't tear the muscle.
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