Red Sox make first cuts
By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Red Sox today optioned outfielder Che-Hsuan Lin and third baseman Will Middlebrooks to Triple-A Pawtucket and left-handed pitcher Drake Britton and second baseman Oscar Tejeda to Double-A Portland.
Those players reassigned to minor league camp were RHPs Tony Pena Jr., Chorye Spoone and Alex Wilson and outfielder Juan Carlos Linares.