When asked during a radio interview for a scouting report on Cuban defector Jose Abreu, Ben Cherington said the Boston Red Sox are still putting things together.

The 26-year-old still needs to be cleared as a free agent by Major League Baseball, a process that will take months.

"I can't give you much of a scouting report," Cherington said of Abreu. "We just don't know him well enough yet. And of course until he's gone through the process of getting cleared and all that, there's really not much to say. As with any player that comes out of Cuba and has a chance to help us, we'll certainly do the work that we need to do. In a few months, I may be able to answer that question better. But the numbers in Cuba certainly were impressive."