San Diego Padres owners Matthew and Robert Seidler, the brother of the deceased former owner Peter Seidler, has responded to a trial filed by Peter’s widow, Sheel Kamal Seidler, which sues the ownership of the team.
Matthew and Robert’s lawyer gave the answer to Pakinomist Digital, and it suggests blame for Sheel’s trial of the team’s inability to sign the Japanese star pot Roki Sasaki this season. Sasaki signed with the rival Los Angeles Dodgers after allegedly participating in heavy discussions with Padres for weeks.
“During a crucial time when the Padre’s management was in late negotiating stages with a star pot, Sheel’s trial carelessly suggested that Matt and his brothers planned to move Padres elsewhere,” the reply filed in the Texas Change Monday Monday, Monday , read.
Sasaki himself said that one of the reasons he chose to sign with Dodgers was because of the organization’s stability at his initial press conference last week.
“No. 1 thing that stood out [about the Dodgers] was the stability of the front office, ”the jug said via a translator.
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Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) speaks during an initial press conference at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Concea-Published Pictures)
Sheel brought her trial against her brother -in -law in early January in an attempt to take control of the team from them for her children.
The widow claimed in his complaint that Peter, before his death, revealed that his dying desire was for her to take control of Padres, followed by their children and that her children have the largest share in ownership. She adds that Peter’s two brothers, Matt and Bob, “trying to erase Peter’s vision and inheritance, as well as fake threw himself as Peter’s true heirs.”
The case also claims that Bob’s wife made several “racist, vanish and hateful communication aimed at Sheel – a woman with Indian descent – in communication.”
Matt and Robert’s answer they claim that Peter never appointed Sheel as the successor to the team during his life.
“Peter could have chosen to (a) give Sheel the right to be, appoint or approve the individual who controls paddes, (b) give sheel direct ownership or control of the trust’s interest in pades, (c) give sheel the right to approve or veto of any transactions from Trustees or (d) requires the administrator to make any main distribution that Sheel requires, ”the answer reads.
The response claims that Peter changed his confidence at least seven times after their marriage and never appointed Sheel as a successor -administrator in any version and that she was excluded from “ever served as a subsequent administrator under any circumstances.”
The response also claims that Peter said during his life that he wanted his siblings and niese to take control of the team after his death.
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San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler looks at before the MLB World Tour Mexico City series between San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants at Alfredo Helú Stadium on April 29, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
“Peter had several conversations with his siblings and others about successor controls and consistently identified five Seidler -Family Members as candidates: Bob, Matt, John, his brother Tom (who has a 30+ year old career in baseball, including 12 years of Padres), and His Niese, Monica, “read it.
“In none of these conversations Peter ever suggested or suggested that he wanted Sheel to run padres. As Peter told people close to him, he moved his family to Texas in 2021 in a significant part because he wanted to ‘take pressure from Sheel and the kids’ and ‘Get Sheel out of the limelight.’ Peter knew all too well the potential effects of media trial as well as the other pressure, stress and demands that come with owning a sports franchise. “
Pakinomist Digital has reached Sheel for comment but has not received a response at the time of publication.
Peter died in November 2023 at the age of 63. He had been ill for months, although it has not been revealed what he had been dealing with. Seidler is one Cancer survivors There had health problems for quite a long time.
He said in July 2023 that Padres would remain in his family for generations after he died.
Peter was the founder of Seidler Equity Partners, which was an important piece in the group that bought Padres in 2012. Seidler’s uncle, also named Peter, and Ron Fowler was also part of the group.
The group’s name comes from Seidler’s grandfather, Walter O’Malley, who owned Dodgers from 1950, when they first moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles until 1979. in the organization to become the team’s biggest stakeholder.
A general view during the game between San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates on May 27, 2022 in Petco Park in San Diego, California. (Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images)
Before his death, he drew up a number of high cost deals for superstar players in an attempt to compete with Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West Division and win a World Series.
These contracts include Manny Machado’s $ 350 million deal, Fernando Tatis Jr.’s $ 340 million deal, Xander Bogaertz $ 280 million and Yu Darvish’s $ 108 million deal.
The team was never able to reach the World Series, but they defeated the rival dodgers in the playoff series in 2021 and 2022.
