John Seidler, the brother of late Padres chairman Peter Seidler, was unanimously approved as the team’s new control person in a vote among the league’s other 29 owners, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The move will become official once the paperwork naming John the trustee of Peter’s trust is finalized in about a month’s time, Acee adds.
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 fiduciary duty and committed fraud as successors of Peter’s trust. Sheel Seidler accused brothers-in-law Matt and Bob Seidler of selling assets to themselves “far” below market prices in an effort to consolidate control of the franchise and of violating Peter’s wishes that she serve as interim control person of the club before passing ownership onto the couple’s children at a later date.
Matt Seidler contested the suit in a formal response wherein he accused his sister-in-law of attempting to “manufacture claims against the Trustees in pursuit of the control that Peter intentionally chose not to give her.” Per Matt’s response, the trust has made numerous transactions, totaling tens of millions of dollars, benefiting Sheel and her children.
Sheel’s attorney suggested in a statement that the Seidler brothers have no evidence to support claims of wrongdoing by his client: “It’s ironic that they accuse Sheel — Peter’s wife of two decades and the mother of his three children — of misusing his assets, while at the same time they have reaped the benefits of Peter’s generosity for decades. The fact is, we will win in court because the defendants have shown they have no case.”
To date, Matt’s formal response to Sheel’s lawsuit is the only on-record comment provided by any of the brothers. John was not present for and has not issued comment on today’s vote. While John has now been approved by the league’s other owners, it remains possible that the forthcoming legal battle could yet impact the team’s ultimate ownership outlook. Any timeline on a resolution is impossible to predict. If the case is litigated in full and not settled outside of court, it could prove to be a yearslong process.
Librul hoacks!!!!
Fake news sad
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In English please!
That’s as close as people like that get to English.
It is up there with Go Brandon!
So rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic of an ownership group.
The Seidlers need a good faith/good will signing to convey to fans that have the best interests of the SD Padres fanbase in mind.
Fans have been given ZERO to work with.
Did you take your “special vitamins” today little Tommy?
Shut up
When the Padres make meaningful acquisitions to address the 12 WAR they lost I will.
Other owners like John Seidler cause he’s stopped spending. They don’t have to compete with Pods for players. Sell the team!
Payroll is increasing this year.
Because of back loaded contacts to injured and underperforming stars. This team is not going to playoffs. 2026 will be worse. Real betrayal of fans and Peter Seidler’s legacy.
The payroll mess from back loaded deals is Peter’s legacy for better or worse. Spending like the dodgers or Mets was never going to be sustainable, despite record attendance
I mean that and apparently he’s the only one out of the fight (if the news are correct and widow “only” accused the other brothers).
In this case I think it’s the best solution, even if it ends up being temporary.
Sheel has also filled as part of her suit John not be named chairperson.
MLB seems to have taken a side but that doesn’t mean the courts will.
Since Sheel wants the job herself, of course she’s asking that John not get the job. But she has not named him as a defendant in the suit and so is not as yet accusing him personally of actionable misconduct.
That’s because he had never been in charge of the trust.
There’s no side for them to take. They have a succession plan submitted by the late Seidler. They approved that succession plan and are going about business as usual by executing it. A mysterious note was never going to cut it. They have a very thorough process when it comes to succession.
Does your case rest now, councilor?
Counselor
That was important. Thanks for your contribution.
Look up images of Sheel vs John. Who looks like an actual Padres fan. I would say Sheel. John looks like an investor who went to one game.
I see what you’re saying. John has a lot of wrinkles, and Sheel is kind of cute. The cute girl should always run the team.
GG padres!! You had a good run
Pads Fans/websoulsurfer is gonna blow a gasket.
Explain this to me like I am not a Padres fan (because I’m not):
Is this good or bad for the Padres?
Both, they have someone in charge for now but is trying to lower payroll.
That’s not true, metsin4000. Payroll is up $40MM over ’24.
Windowdressing.
It’s up because of the escalating contracts.
One player for 3.5 million was signed this offseason.
One.
Their payroll was at $255 million when Seidler died. They slashed 86 million last year and have been looking to do the same this year. I dont know why Padre fans keep acting like nothings changed. Would it surprise anyone if 4-5 players are moved by opening day?
@metsin4 exactly.
They have not addressed the fans.
The Seidlers did not attend Fan Fest.
The Seidlers have not publicly addressed the fans with any sort of budget or overall plans.
The only issue addressed was Sheel’s contention.
The lack of transparency is glaring.
Tow- the reasons it up doesn’t matter. It matters that it’s up and likely near the limit. It doesn’t matter if sheel or the brothers win this. There won’t be some huge influx of money added.
Mets- the latest report is payroll will be about where it is at now.
They aren’t going to trade a bunch of players and just cut payroll.
They haven’t traded anyone. Their asking prices so far have to been so high. If they wanted to trade people they could have by now.
And therein lies the problem as we know… salaries going up, revenue not so much because they’ve already been doing a great job marketing the team selling tickets even without much TV revenue to help and the trades, signings worked out very well last year too. Who woulda thunk Higgy, Peralta, Solano and Profar would play so well. King continuing to rise as a starter was not as big of a surprise. However, now there are significant holes in the lineup so unless some of the young guys still left in the franchise step up (Ornelas/Lockridge, Campy and some pitchers) and all the regulars stay healthy all year due to lack of depth in the organization it’s going to be a very challenging season. There aren’t many (any?) free agents that are cheap and good and the trades AJ can make basically make the team weaker now (Cease, King) or trade what’s left of a pretty bare farm system. Padres aren’t “bad” as the team they have can still compete but making the playoffs is currently iffy at best as Mets, Braves and DBacks all look better for wild cards. Winning the WS is extremely unlikely and will only get more challenging as the current contracts get older without improving the farm system asap.
Tow
They lost Profar and Higgy and got Diaz. Profar and Higgy both had exceeded expectations.
Tanner was not there at start of 2024 and Musgrove got injured in 2024. They added Adam.
So salary is up due to existing contracts, but they need to add one more starting pitcher. But maybe Padres do absolutely nothing in either direction until closer to the trade deadline.
Exceeded expectations is true but that’s still talent that was lost without a reasonable replacement. Campy/Diaz is likely going to be a downgrade over Higgy. There’s no one internally that’s replacing Profar’s production.
And the roster is nearly full, towinagain. Due to 40 Man retention, we have known for years that this would be a slow offseason… but please keep crying about stuff you don’t understand, tow! Have some fermunda cheese, it pairs well with your whine.
They didn’t gain Diaz. He finished 2024 with the Padres.
You are correct, I am comparing to the start of last season.
So from my perspective, they gained Adam and Diaz, rather than retained them. But we are on the same page.
More than the Cards have done
I believe that 168M was said as a solid operation goal for the team.
They are mid market. That amount is fair for their revenue. Having all of the locked up NTC deals is the glaring issue right now
They are probably waiting to see what injuries happen in spring training to get the over pay they want.
“Their payroll was at $255 million when Seidler died.”
For context their 255 million payroll when he died put them in cbt tax payer territory and were so far over at one point they had their first round pick knocked back 10 slots and QOs for Hader and snell became 4th instead of 1sts.
People realize there’s penalties for going over cbt threshold right?
They had to get under the cbt tax line last year cause the penalties were insane. But despite getting under last year Preller went out made additions like cease Arraez Scott and other trades that used up as much of the salary room as possible without going over.
They have to get under the tax line again this year they’re already what 6 mill over? If they don’t then it’ll affect QO value again. But will that stop Preller from adding? No. He’ll add once again but can’t go over the cbt threshold. They’ll trade cease possibly Suarez get under pick up some prospects and at the deadline if they’re competing they’ll look to add using the available cap space. Like last year
No doubt the Padres GM is good.
The Padres reset the CBT, Fleet. Even though they’re technically over Line 1 now, they’re back to non-payor status. Penalties exist, but have been reduced dramatically. I don’t think Line 1 is a hindrance in ’25, but we’ll see.
Sheel inherited $ from Peter and has a right to those funds if Peter left them to her and his/her kids? AND so did PETER’s brothers inherit from Peter (and benefit greatly from the family business most of them didnt help run). So they all gained. Dont understand why you think its only Sheel.
That’s sounds like a lot of money until you realize the trust is worth 5 billion dollars.
So those are peanuts compared to that amount.
News at 11, rich person wants to still live a rich life.
It’s unanimous first ballot Hall of Shamer Crikes, that’s why.
The brothers have not given her access to what she has the right to receive.
This trust had dollars specifically set to be given to her. The brothers have been not funding that portion of the trust.
I could be wrong but line 1 they could risk getting a QO for king and having it turn into a 4th instead of 1st again.
You have to be $40MM above CBT Line 1 (a.k.a. Line 3) to push your first pick back 10 spots. I don’t see that happening! QOs become 4ths if you are a payor, which could be the case for King and Cease alike. It is an interesting sidenote to watch in ’25. Cheers bub
If they trade cease like Poole say they should then that only leaves king as a real QO candidate. Perhaps they just extend him making a little over mute.
Fair points Simmer, but I’m of the belief that both Cease and King make it to *at least* the TDL. Aloha!
Happens all of the time. Things like this normally go into a will then lawyers go to battle.
In most cases the spouse is #1 in inheritance. Then children. Siblings normally are not a part of the direct line unless there is no direct heirs.
In this case incompetence has to be proven on the spouse. Add to it the children are not of age. So a trustee would have to be made to control until the children are of age.
So it is the brothers job to prove incompetentcy of the wife. Or the will has to be written as a trustee will be in charge until the children are of age.
So it makes this whole situation as not the normal process.
I believe that she has the right of ownership and the brothers would have to buy ownership to take it.
That’s possible as well. Which complicates the QO. I was just stating against the reasons we need to trade cease.
I literally have zero idea what preller is going to do.
Plus the CBT takes effect at end of season so they can go over now but get under later
@gwynning The ROSTER IS NOT FULL.
The roster sits at 36.
The Padres have to replace 12 WAR, and as they are currently constructed, they can’t.
Hence why I said almost. Calmate guey. Just like last season, you’re overreacting way too soon.
Gwynning
That’s not true, metsin4000. Payroll is up $40MM over ’24.
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But not because of new money. Arraez will cost an extra $13M, Cease $6M, King $4M, etc. Those increases were already baked in well before the off-season.
I actually think Sheel would run the team more like Peter. John looks like an executive.
Not a single player, but a group of players like Machado, Tatis, Bogaetys, and Merrill showing improvement over 2024 can easily make up his production.
Exactly JB, and part of the reason why the 40 Man stayed at 34, 35 all Offseason. Almost “everybody” is in place… most of them since well before ’24. We’ve known for awhile that this would be a slow offseason, and bake some ownership squabbling into the middle and it added unforeseen uncertainty. Let AJ cook. The 40 will be set, irrespective of some Chicken Littles who claim the sky is falling. Conversely, all is well.
No, Sheel isn’t terminally ill like Peter.
Just about when are those 4-5 players being shipped out, Metsin4000? Imminent payroll cuts incoming… right?!??
Thanks Joe, if we were to go deeper in comments (and I’m not trying to bring receipts…) those facts are in-line with my previous points with Crikes and towin. We’ve known for *years* that the Pads would have *roughly* a full roster ‘tween 24/25. Obviously and to your points, when you retain 85%+ of a roster then we should fairly assume that *most* of a payroll bump would be attributed to the rostered players. I, for one, never believed we were going to sign a mega-deal this offseason nor really needed to. Pivetta was a nice add for the 4; I think the squad is tight.
Go Pads
Bad news bears. You cannot even find a picture of this dude on the internet. Who tf is he? The Seidler brothers are supposedly dodgers fans who will seemingly sabotage this franchise and we’re supposed to trust this dude?
Tin foil hats are available in aisle 3.
How about educate yourself, smart guy. The Seidler brothers suck and this may end us. Sell the team
Your post speaks for itself. Be sure to let us all know when you visit earth again.
Given their vested financial interest I would guarantee that they aren’t Dodgers fans that want to sabotage their largest asset.
please don’t confuse him with sensible facts.
Damn I got cooked
Sabotage the franchise is what I mean. There were previously relocation discussions with these guys. They have no desire to invest in the team and spend any money. The only photos you can find of them is at dodgers stadium. Just a pissed off fan and have every right to be so stfu
Sheel’s PR campaign obviously fooled idiots. If you think the brothers ever considered moving the Padres you’re simply not a critical thinker.
“SiMpLy NoT a CrItIcAl ThInKeR”. Um actually it was confirmed that they considered it so you’re simply wrong. 😉
you have every right to be pissed off at the current disarray in ownership. but it is ludicrous to suggest they would sabotage the Pads in order to favor the Dodgers. The Seidlers may not know the correct things to do but they damn sure don’t want to hurt their investments., But you go on being rude. It’s very becoming.
Absolutely ludicrous to even float the idea that the Seidler brothers want to relocate the team.
I’m not a fan of Sheel Seidler either, maybe not that it even mattered at the end of the day, but she could have sabotaged Rokis decision with the timing of that lawsuit. She was never the savior.
@tatismvpszn, is that you Sheel?
Lfgsd, I know it’s not happening but they did previously have the thought.
“Um actually it was confirmed that they considered it…”
Link or gtfo
I hadn’t seen that the claim was refuted by one of the brothers. I had heard it was mentioned in the lawsuit. My bad g
There was never any thought of relocating the Padres. They might be headed for a return of the Padres of 15 years ago tho.
Exactly why these scrubs gotta head for the door. Sell the team, fill your pockets up and move on.
I like the thought of a Steve Ballmer coming in and making Steve Cohen look like a meek peasant. I can only dream
There’s no more viable open market than San Diego. I laughed when I read that she claimed that nonsense & it immediately made me think how much other stuff was BS coming from her.
Look at the median income and market size of San Diego. If the Pads moved—there would be another franchise angling to get themself to SD ASAP . An absolutely ridiculous claim designed to get support on her side.
Be pissed off. Please also try to be accurate
It is a step towards stability with ownership. That is a good thing. Now if the lawsuit makes it to trial, which I really hope it doesn’t, the Seidler brothers can say John has the confidence of the other MLB owners. That should help resolve the matter.
Whether John intends to and is capable of sustaining success with the Pads remains to be seen.
Bad, think of it like Jack Nicholson the biggest Lakers fan in the world being handed a rival franchise. Would fans of said franchise question his commitment to making the team successful, would he want the Lakers to reign supreme?
Now in context John Siedler is a huge Dodger fan. His grandfather owned the team. Padres failing would make him immensely happy.
I believe one of the Padres April game day promotions is brown tin foil hats that say “It’s not a conspiracy. Really it isn’t.” First 40,000 in attendance only.
@bicouac.
The Padres lost a total of 12 WAR and have not replaced it.
One signing of a back up catcher has been completed.
The Seidler family sans Peter has restricted spending to this point.
These are facts.
no one disputes that. what’s your point? the discussion centered around whether the owners were intentionally sabotaging the franchise. that is nutty. they may be incompetent but not insane,.
This is so not how actual people function it’s unbelievable that folks think this. If you own a team, it doesn’t matter who you were a fan of, that becomes a team. Jeez if I can root for my FANTASY players against the team I root for I’m sure Seidler can root for HIS Padres against the Dodgers. No one is sabotaging THEMSELVES over fandom.
Heck, I think there is a good chance Mr. Padre grew up a Dodger fan since he was from the area. I doubt he was still rooting for them during his 20+ years as a Padre.
Think Peter Bavasi
goerge stienbrenner was a cleveland indians fan.bob hope outbid him and he settled for the yankees,that at the time were crumbling and horrible.he restored them to a super power and did not help the indians.win anything if he could help it..so your opinion might be wrong.
I think you’re overestimating fandom. I’m a big Yankees fan, but if I had the opportunity to run the Red Sox, you better bet I’m doing all I can to win
Nobody knows right now. Alot of people are siding with the widow because of her PR campaign, but the truth is Peter was the only one who was going to spend whatever it took to win.
Her PR campaign—yeah.
She claimed the brother’s wanted to potentially move the team. I suspect that wasn’t the only pile of crap she claimed.
I’d say good. There is no evidence that Sheel wants to spend any more or less than the Seidlers. This at least adds a level of stability to the organization.
So, we can haz any sort of roster upgrade now? Maybe?
Now the rest of the front office will be dragged into the lawsuit. Sell the team and stop all the distraction.
Great I’m sure he will do everything in his power to make sure his grandfather’s team is as successful as possible.
Idk James…
I’m of the belief that “anybody” who owns a team wants it to do well, and dynamically so. I understand your suspicion, and have nothing to prove otherwise, but I’ll maintain faith in the FO as is. Outside of Preller’s office, I don’t think it really matters who the point person is. We’ll see, I guess. Go Pads
Not sure how to respond to someone thinking the owner of a multi-billion corporation would tank it because they like another team.
A pat on the head or a hug perhaps.
He can have his cake and eat it too. The A’s are profitable but not successful. Just follow that model and you can be happy.
Fred Wilpon was/is a Dodgers fan, but he owned the Mets. While you could argue that he sabotaged the team (Madoff), realistically his fandom was expressed by making the Mets new ballpark into a Dodgers shrine instead of celebrating Mets history.
How will PadsFans try to spin this one? Such nonsense he continued to post like he understood the legal case. Couldn’t have been more wrong.
My guess is accusing everyone who disagrees with him of being Ryan.
ha, I got accused of being Ryan recently too.
I’ve never been accused of being Ryan. Kinda sad…
I can’t reply to you. But it looks like we’re getting a double down!
Weird. I have a whopping total of two people muted and they aren’t you.
Only gives me the option to flag or mute to your posts. But obviously as we can both see posts that must be a site issue.
I have the same issue with Padsfan. More weird is something I can reply.
He won’t. He will create another account or use one of his existing, for an amended position. The author of those accounts is way too spineless and egotistical for the “I was wrong” words.
We don’t have this kind of nonsense in Toronto
Trade proposal- Seidlers for Rogers. Hurry while we have no tariffs!
Rogers has a no trade. lol. Best of luck out there Gwynning. Ownership drama aside, the product on the field still looks good to me.
Concur. Thanks Ricky! Best wishes to your Jays
SD still has a better organization than TO. Maybe Seidler tanks the payroll, but we don’t know that at this point.
Isn’t he the power hungry megalomaniac in this situation, according to Peter Seidler’s wife?
I’ve always appreciated her fandom and candor, but it would appear she hasn’t exactly been truthful. Perhaps somebody (attorney or friend?) is feeding her bad info?!?!
Let it play out in court?
Let it play out in court of law?
Single middle aged Mum doing what they do. Securing her and her kids future. Sometimes
the lionesses fight hard and sometimes they do it with claws out. No problem there at all. No one to blame. Just an ordinary situation.
It feels like everything is set out in the will, though some can come to differing conclusions. I believe that the kids are mentioned in the trust, so they will get their share.
Sheel has gone after the other brothers Rob and Matt. The only real mention of John was she didn’t want him appointed.
Kutspenda was a temp . John will be the control person now in 30 days . The lawsuit is just beginning so not much changes .
As a Padres fan the only resolution to this is selling them team. Ownership is a mess. and likely will start to lose the actual baseball ops guys because of it.
Sheels attempt at a money grab will be unsuccessful. She’s to blame for this drama, time to move on.
Found John Seidler’s burner account.
Sheel and her kids already own largest % of team and she’s not trying to buy out the minority owners.
Brew- reports are she did try to buy out the brothers and they said they aren’t selling to anyone.
But that’s not what the lawsuit is about, that was my point
I seriously doubt both sides will own this team together for the long haul.
Jbig- it’s hard to see it working out. These situations usually end with the team being sold.
Yep. I expect that’ll be the case down the line. Can’t imagine they’ll be able to sit in the same room.
Or one side signing over their voting rights to become silent owners.
That is the question now will the Padres be spending on big contracts, or depend on mid-level FA’s and trades, Will they rebuild their farm system which sits around the bottom five after being in the five only about 5 years ago.
Every few years preller restocks the farm and then uses it to get big league assets. Rinse and repeat
There are no other foreseeable mega contracts anyhow when Machado/Bogaerts/Tatis have those guaranteed deals. They have Musgrove and faith in their pitching development to not pay retail price in other areas.
They aren’t going to add big free agents. It doesn’t matter which of these two own the team.
Sad that when you die people fight over your stuff.
This is all rich people problems
First world problems?
Padre fans, Dodgers fans feel your pain. We’ve been through this. The legal process and the outcome is bound to be ugly, and it distracts from the team mission. Hope it can be resolved soon without too much getting broken.
Mahalo Bluey!
*hat tip*
I’m glad this was resolved quickly as now it’s business as usual soon for the Pads. The McCourts trainwreck was something no fan base should ever be subjected to.
Nothing has been resolved.
Sheel is still suing the brothers. This will be a mess for quite some time.
I get that. But at least neither parties are going to keep moving team assets away quickly just in case the other party wins.
Seems MLB put a tourniquet on the problem and stopped the immediate bleeding, but the underlying condition hasn’t been resolved. With any luck the parties will come to some sort of settlement, but it sure doesn’t appear to be headed that way now.
I hope this gets fixed so the Padres can become the team they were trying to be. It’s fun to hate the Padres.
It’s going to a goat rodeo though
Somebody has to be financially responsible of this train wreck if it’s not going to be preller. That’s all I’m saying here.
Why didn’t Peter Seidler leave behind a will if he knew his time was up soon?
Maybe look into this before commenting
He did
Surprisingly chicken scratch on a piece of notebook paper and a Public Relations campaign wasn’t quite enough to swing this in Sheel’s favor.
Metro- none of that matters. It’s the courts that will decide.
He had a 3 tier trust.
He did. He left it all to Juan Soto and Prellar traded it away.
control person? odd title
Wait. What. From the time of Peter’s passing to now, there wasn’t a control person?
There was a temp guy named kutsenda. He was Peter’s former business partner in his equity group.
Controlling partner. Someone empowered to make day-to-day business decisions.
yeah no kidding but that’s not what that title says. I know humor can be tough.
Especially when it isn’t funny?
Padres didn’t announce it. Its not listed on their website. Do you know why? It was blocked by the courts.
mlb.com/padres/team/front-office
Still nothing today. Because the court granted the injunction.
Can we get a link where a court granted an injunction?
We know it isn’t true. This doesn’t become official until the trustee is confirmed next month. That’s why the pads site is not updated. More doubling down on his own BS from PadsFans.
“Any timeline on a resolution is impossible to predict. If the case is litigated in full and not settled outside of court, it could prove to be a yearslong process.” You consult an attorney on this, Stevie or is this your take?
He read the article where an attorney that is not part of the case offered his opinion.
Thanks, Stevie…
PadsFans continues to be the only reputable source with any knowledge on this matter. Please consult him and him only. He does not need to provide any sources!
Yeah. Nothing has been blocked. Even sheels attorney has already responded.
Major League Baseball is not going to hold this vote if they aren’t confident which way the wind is blowing.
Anyone disputing that is just doubling down on their misinterpretation of the case. (See the guy above)
You can say that but the courts will decide.
Ultimately, yes. But we have to use some critical thinking here. MLB is a multi-billion dollar business—think it’d be foolish to think that they aren’t acutely aware of the facts of the court case.
They were going to hold this vote regardless of how the wind is blowing
There won’t be any convincing you here so to avoid the back and forth we’ll see in a month!
The only side mlb has spoken to are the brothers.
A lot of people think the trust will be turned over to a court appointed person.
If she and her kids are the sole beneficiaries then it’s very easy to see she can get the brother tossed off the trust. Since they are required to run it with her best interest. She clearly doesn’t believe that is happening.
I think team sell wins this but nothing is over yet.
You don’t need to convince of anything, and you don’t know my opinion on the matter, I was merely correcting you on an important point. But yes, I’m letting it play out in court and that will likely take more than a month so let’s postpone our reunion.
This doesn’t smell right. Unless otherwise stated, the wife inherits the husband’s assets. It’s community property.
Sheel still owns her shares in the club. She is not and never was the controlling owner.
If you add up the trust and the brothers together you don’t even get to 50%…combined they own 45%
Pre-nup
Not pre-nup. Trust.
the owners, make me laugh
No honor among thieves
I see Pads Fan is in denial after saying this was never going to happen.
Pads Fan also vehemently stated that Ohtani could not effectively defer his salaries to reduce AAV for the Dodgers. He seems to know most of his stuff but it’s not end of the world when you’re proven wrong. You’re going to wind up talking to yourself down the road.
And that the owners have to pay the players their full, non-prorated salaries for 2020 and that players who ROY finalists are credited with 2 years of service time for their rookie year instead of 1 and that players who are DFA’d in the middle of large long-term contracts can’t refuse an outright assignment without forfeiting their remaining salary and that Mark Melancon and Ha-Seong Kim would exercise their player options with the Padres and that Matt Cain retired early and forfeited the large buyout on his 2018 club option and that Manny Machado said while he was with the Dodgers that he would never sign with a New York team and that Manny Machado wouldn’t have signed with the Padres if they hadn’t signed Eric Hosmer first and the Padres offered CJ Abrams, MacKenzie Gore, Robert Hassell III, Luis Campusano, Reiss Knehr, and Joshua Mears for Ohtani at the 2022 trade deadline and that opt-out clauses benefit teams and that Trevor Bauer’s accuser’s lawyer said they were refiling their lawsuit because Bauer violated the terms of the settlment even though their lawsuit was dismissed ‘with prejudice” which means they legally couldn’t re-file it. Plus he’s always telling stories about seeing players/manager/executives out in the wild, usually while he’s supposedly dining at some fancy schmancy restaurant. And always referring to players/managers/executives by their first names like he’s on some kind of first name basis with them.
Hahaha. That’s a big laundry list. He’d make a entertaining baseball writer for the less-informed.
Harambe bringing receipts, haha. LFGSD is right, in more ways than one! Go Pads
Are you saying you read all that? I stopped two words in.
I just went straight to the last part hoping for a punchline
Was there one, I don’t want to go back but I trust your judgement.
Nah, no punchlines. Sadly.
Not this time
Maybe if Pads Fan didn’t mute me he can provide a link where the court has blocked this.
I always find it shocking when a bunch of men vote for another man to be in charge. Um, ok.
The “MLB Owners” are nothing but a group of elitist men who think they control everything in baseball. They should be held accountable by an independent commission (don’t mention the current Baseball Commissioner, he’s in their pockets.) This whole thing doesn’t smell right.
Ughh someone was going to inevitably go there.
Go where? Common sense? Yeesh.
2nd comment. Not yours.
Ok, sorry. But having someone from the outside might not be a bad idea. I mean, better than a bunch of politicians. That’s happened before and it didn’t accomplish a darn thing.
Who would form this mythical independent commission?
Easy.
Gandalf, Legolas, Aragorn, Gimli, Samwise Gamgee, Boromir, Frodo Baggins, Peregrine Took (Pippin), and Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry).
But as always Sauron casts the tie-breaking vote.
Tom Bombadil shakes his head, as if to announce his displeasure with Brew’s announcement.
Uhm they do control everything when the feds granted MLB an antitrust exemption.
I don’t agree with Whyhayzee’s blanket statement but they can do as they wish without independent oversight.
It’s also not a secret that Rob Manfred is literally in the owners’ pockets because they pay him a $25M annual salary to be the commissioner.
Stop smelling and do some research before posting ignorant comments in the future.
Baseball’s antitrust law exception is highly misunderstood. It really applies only to the location and number of franchises, something other pro sports also control quite nicely thank you very much without any exemption from antitrust law. And the “feds” didn’t grant it, the Supreme Court did.
Anyway, the commissioner is literally MLB’s employee. I can see where you don’t have a clue about who else might employ the MLB commissioner or how this Tolkien character (I like that idea) would be invested with the authority to make any decisions on behalf a business which does not actually employ him.
But keep calling others ignorant. That’ll work.
I didn’t say anything about no blanket.
Actually, I’m not sure which statement you are referring to.
Ah, a one-upper I see with the last word in every thread! And my comment was in direct response to TeamSpirit.
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I hope the racist insults towards Sheel from the seidler brothers and family stop it’s unnecessary
Totally unnecessary but when you’re trying to slander the other side and win over public opinion, nothing is off the table for the record. Just because accusations are in court records don’t make them true.
Those raciest remarks came before anything was made public.
Are you sure you aren’t Pads Fan and enjoy being pedantic?
Nah, I am team sell. I think they all are a bunch of power and money gold digging scum bags.
Peter was not this.
Sheel Seidler contends in her lawsuit that she is the “natural person” to assume control of the Padres. The suit argues that she is the sole lifetime beneficiary of the Peter Seidler Trust, which holds the largest individual stake in the Padres, and that before his death in November 2023, she and Peter operated as a “partnership” and that she “acted as Peter’s primary advisor in matters related to the Padres.”
Almost every person interviewed for this story — nearly 20 people, all of whom were in a position to have some knowledge of the Padres’ business and/or baseball operations in recent years and the majority of whom have no current affiliation with the Padres or the Seidler family — either said that Sheel Seidler never had a role in operating the Padres or said they were unaware of any influence or input she might have had.
Sheel Seidler was also asked to help identify people who could corroborate her claims. Her answer, via email:
“It is a challenge to respond to false claims when they are being spread by anonymous sources. What I do know is there are many people within the Padres organization — or with close ties — who would strongly refute these claims and offer first-hand examples of my deep involvement in the franchise for more than a decade.
“Sadly, however, it is my understanding they have been instructed in writing not to assist me in explaining their knowledge of my role in the decision-making related to the team. It is also my understanding they feel they can’t help without losing their jobs, even though — as I understand it — most of the baseball part of the organization remains supportive of me.”
Padres management denied there was any such written directive, though some employees had previously said they were instructed verbally not to speak about Sheel Seidler and, in some instances, not to engage with her. A Padres spokesperson pointed out the team’s longstanding policy that limits the number of people who are authorized to speak for the organization.
Many who spoke for this story on the condition of anonymity did so because they said they did not want to become part of the legal wrangling. Others said they were fearful of retribution. Some said they were not authorized to speak by their employer.
A statement sent to The Union-Tribune on behalf of the Peter Seidler Trust, of which Matt Seidler is the trustee, said:
“Sheel continues to be part of the Padres family. But it is not correct to say that she had any role in running the franchise. It is unfortunate that she has taken this course of action. The trustees of the Peter Seidler Trust are solely focused on carrying out Peter’s written instructions. That includes setting the Padres up to build on the momentum of the 2024 season in pursuit of a World Series Championship for the city of San Diego.”
Yeah the only leg Sheel really has to stand on is about her being the sole beneficiary of the trust and her kids.
Usually means the trustees have to act with her best interest in mind. They could very well be removed from the being trustees. Then that hurts their ability to be the chairperson when mlb is requiring the chairperson also be the trustee.
At the same time sheel supposedly isn’t allowed to be the trustee either. So now you have a court appointed person.
Therefore the team may just be sold.
My understanding from reading the response is that the kid’s shares are being held in the trust until they are 40. I saw no reference to shares in the trust belonging to Sheel. I did see the response that Sheel is entitled to an annula stream of income from the trust to afford her to maintain her current lifestyle.
Great…
Super rich people fighting over billions…it is hard to really be sympathetic for either side. The legal teams will be billing in the millions once it’s all done and they’ll probably sell the team anyways. Best to get it ready for sell now and save several million in legal fees.
I don’t know anything about legal stuff and wills, and I’ll show my ignorance here, but you would think a billionaire would have a will that was so clear and airtight that there wouldn’t be much to argue about?
I wonder if the other MLB owners risk some liability for their decision should Sheel prevail in court?
Those who are permitted to park for free at Petco Park take the widow’s side in things. Not necessarily to run the team, but in the other…“stuff”.
Brother John hasn’t been accused of…”stuff”…if one takes note.
BTW, not a conspiracy theorist and don’t see the Friars moving…but one must accept that the forefather of the brothers did all by his lonesome move the Brooklyn Dodgers out of Brooklyn. That “stuff” is undeniably lodged in their DNA.
So, in this most Doncic of times, all things impossible must not be considered completely impossible.
It’s not happening. It’s completely laughable.
Yup, that’s as close to -0- as possible.