Major League Baseball owners on Thursday approved John Seidler, an older brother of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, as the Padres control person. The approval, which Sportico has confirmed ...

“We approved John Seidler to be the control person of the San Diego Padres once he becomes the trustee of the Seidler trust,” ...

Padres ownership has been embroiled in a legal battle in recent months, as Peter’s widow, Sheel Seidler, has filed suit against her late husband’s brothers, alleging that they’ve breached ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- John Seidler, the brother of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, was unanimously approved by Major League Baseball owners as the Padres’ new control person, according ...

However, pending litigation could affect that process. Sheel Seidler, widow of Peter Seidler, filed a lawsuit against her late husband's brothers for control of the Padres in January. Citing ...

Recently, Peter Seidler's widow, Sheel Seidler, filed a lawsuit against Robert and Matthew Seidler in an effort to take control of the Padres. In a statement to CBS Sports in January ...

Sheel Seidler, in a complaint filed in Texas probate court last month, accused Robert and Matthew Seider of "fiduciary breaches of trust, fraud, conversion and egregious acts of self-dealing" in ...