“We approved John Seidler to be the control person of the San Diego Padres once he becomes the trustee of the Seidler trust,” commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday from the MLB owners meetings. “We’re looking forward to continued stewardship of the Padres by a member of the Seidler family, that is really non-controversial.”

The fight over control of the San Diego Padres appears to have been resolved, at least among Major League Baseball team owners. MLB owners unanimously approved John Seidler to take over as the Padres' control person on Thursday.

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.