SEATTLE -- The Mariners’ Spring Training complex in Peoria, Ariz., that has been shuttered for more than two months because of the COVID-19 pandemic will reopen next week for small groups of players and staff to work out informally.

General manager Jerry Dipoto said no official date has been confirmed yet, but the club is expecting to open the Peoria facility back up on Monday or Tuesday for voluntary workouts. Dipoto said the Mariners are not yet reopening their T-Mobile Park facilities in Seattle.

The Peoria complex has been closed since March 19, when the Mariners decided to send all players and staff to their offseason homes rather than continue conducting limited workouts for the 10-12 players who were still using the Arizona facility after Major League Baseball halted Spring Training.

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MLB remains on hold, with the Major League Baseball Players Association in talks with the league about a possible return, but the Mariners are among a group of teams reopening facilities for players to use for individual workouts.

The Mariners have a number of players who live year-round in Arizona or stayed in the Peoria area following the shutdown. That group includes first baseman Evan White, outfielders Kyle Lewis and Jake Fraley, shortstop J.P. Crawford, and pitchers Yusei Kikuchi and Justin Dunn.

The Mariners have not made a decision yet on where they would conduct their full team workouts should baseball resume. MLB has indicated teams would be able to use either their Arizona or Florida facilities or the ballparks in their own cities.

Peoria offers more practice fields and workout areas than T-Mobile Park, which would be beneficial for social distancing and maximizing practice time and also provide better opportunities to play other teams that might also be working out in Arizona. But the forecast for Peoria calls for high temperatures of 100 degrees or more all next week, including up to 109 toward the end of the week, so midday heat is a factor.

At this point, Washington state and King County are restricting gatherings of groups, which would make it impossible to hold anything more than limited individual workouts in Seattle until those restrictions are eased.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on May 16 opened his state for pro sports teams to resume practicing at their facilities, as long as they follow recommended guidelines from the federal Centers for Disease Control.

“We have and will continue to follow all city, county and state guidelines,” Dipoto said.