Torn ACLs appear to be quite the trend these days, beginning with the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose in the NBA and the New York Yankees’ Mariano Rivera.

The Milwaukee Brewers’ Alex Gonzalez left Saturday’s game with a knee injury after a hard slide, and an MRI confirmed the bad news:

#Brewers SS Alex Gonzalez had an MRI today which confirmed a torn ACL in his right knee. One week of treatment before surgery is considered.

— Mike Vassallo (@MikeVassallo13) May 7, 2012

Rose is having surgery and so is Rivera, so it doesn’t seem likely that Gonzalez will avoid it. It’s not clear who will replace Gonzalez on a full-time basis — you’d think the Brewers would want someone better than Cesar Izturis — but it won’t be Craig Counsell:

Alex Gonzalez had barely made it off the field Saturday after suffering an apparently serious right knee injury before the Craig Counsell questions started rolling in. Might the popular Counsell come out of retirement to help the Brewers get through their wave of medical maladies?

Counsell said the thought crossed his mind, but the answer for now is no.

“I don’t have plans to play,” he said.

Too bad. That would have been fun.