Major League Baseball owners voted Thursday to approve John Seidler as control person of the Padres. Usually, such a vote involves a transfer of ownership. Thursday, the unanimous vote was merely a handoff to the brother of former Padres chairman Peter Seidler, who died in November 2023.

Baseball owners voted Thursday to install John Seidler, the oldest brother of the late former Padres chairman Peter Seidler, as the team’s control person. “We’re looking forward to continued stewardship of the Padres by a member of the Seidler family,

The Padres have a new control person, as the MLB owners have unanimously approved John Seidler, brother of Peter Seidler.