While on the broadcast, Kaat and former manager Buck Showalter were talking about Moncada, with Kaat saying that everybody who talks about Moncada says he “should be a star, an All-Star,” to which Showalter responded that “That’s what they look like.”
Showalter added that the first time he saw Moncada, a Cuban player, in the dugout, he said, “can we have one of those?” Kaat interjected, “40 acres full of them.”
Kaat apologized during the fifth inning of the broadcast.
“I need to read this right now because earlier in the game when Yoan Moncada was at the plate in an attempt to complement the great player that he is, I used a poor choice of words that resulted in an insensitive and hurtful remark and I’m sorry for that.”
The comments drew swift condemnation online.
