Good morning, Chicago.

Although most of the Cubs' 58-player big-league camp roster has already reported to Arizona, they hold their first official full-squad workout on Monday.

They will have about a week together before Cubs players participating in the World Baseball Classic start departing camp, beginning with outfielder Seiya Suzuki (Japan) and infielder Jonathon Long (Chinese Taipei), who leave Feb. 23 to make the long trip to Tokyo for pool play.

The White Sox held their first full squad workout on Sunday, with base running among the fundamentals addressed.

"It was awesome to have the position players all here and ready to go, " manager Will Venable said. "We had a great first morning meeting, where we talked about some expectations for camp. We told these guys there is no limit to what we believe they can do. It’s about them and our support of helping them realize the belief that we have in this club.

"A lot of positive feedback from the guys on that. We have a group that believes, so to be able to support these guys to go out and do it was great."

Every Monday during spring training, Tribune baseball writers will provide an update on what happened — and what’s ahead — in our Cactus League report.

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