If appointed, John Seidler will simultaneously succeed Matt Seidler as trustee and Eric Kutsenda as Padres chairman. Seidler, 65, could soon oversee a team that won 93 games last season and took the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink in the National League Division Series.

The San Diego Padres are at the center of a family legal dispute, with some speculating that the matter could affect the team both on and off the field. Sheel Seidler, the widow of the late Padres owner Peter Seidler, is suing two of her brothers-in-law, Bob and Matt, in her bid to take control of the team.

Major League Baseball could decide this week on whether to approve John Seidler, an older brother of the late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, as the Padres control person. The topic is on Thursday’s agenda for the MLB owners’ meeting in Palm Beach,

Major League Baseball owners unanimously voted to approve John Seidler as the San Diego Padres' new control person at the owners meetings in Palm Beach, Florida ,on Thursday, commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters.

John Seidler is the San Diego Padres' new control person after he was unanimously approved by MLB owners Thursday, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune's Kevin Acee.The 65-year-old, who has been a member of the ownership group since 2012,