The Chicago Cubs are working to "enhance" their domestic violence training and awareness after Addison Russell was suspended for 40 games last year after violating the league's domestic abuse policy.

Russell will be a full participant in spring training, but will sit out the first 28 games of the regular season to complete his suspension.

"We've taken this plague of domestic violence to heart," Theo Epstein said. "We've really stepped up and enhanced our training. By the time spring training is over, every single employee in the organization will have gone through enhanced domestic violence training. Every major league player, every major league coach, every major league staff member. Every minor league player, every minor league staff member [and] every member of the front office will have gone through a pretty rigorous domestic violence training program to increase education and awareness."

Russell's ex-wife, Melisa-Reidy Russell, went public with allegations of domestic abuse in September.