Here’s the release from the Boston Red Sox announcing the first cuts of the 2011 spring training campaign.

BOSTON, MA – The Red Sox today announced that they have reassigned 10 players to minor league camp and optioned both right-handed pitcher Stolmy Pimentel and infielder Oscar Tejeda to Double-A Portland.

The announcements were made by Executive Vice President/General Manager Theo Epstein.

Among the reassigned players are right-handed pitchers Tony Pena Jr., Jason Rice, Clevelan Santeliz, Kyle Weiland and Alex Wilson, catchers Tim Federowicz and Ryan Lavarnway, infielders Brent Dlugach and Hector Luna, and outfielder Che-Hsuan Lin.