Lance Berkman has a serious knee injury. That, we know for certain, and he has been placed on the 15-day disabled list. There were reports earlier Monday that he might have a torn ACL, which would put him out for the season and could be career-ending.

Now, this scenario is not so certain:

Mozeliak says Berkman has torn meniscus. Going for 2nd opinion in Vail this week. ACL damage not evident in today’s scan, GM says #STLcards

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) May 21, 2012

Goold continued in a second tweet:

Damage to ACL cannot be ruled out until second opinion. There remains “some uncertainty,” Mozeliak says. Update from @tomtimm at stltoday.

— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) May 21, 2012

So, maybe it’s not as bad as originally thought. But a torn meniscus, for a 36-year-old player with some injury history, is still pretty serious. We, along with the Cardinals, will wait for that second opinion.

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