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.

The vote to give John Seidler control of the Padres was unanimous, coming after a lawsuit by Peter Seidler's widow to gain stewardship of the franchise.

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.