San Diego's internal feud broke out between widow and brother
San Diego's internal feud broke out between widow and brother
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The San Diego Padres are in conflict over their stake in the club. Syl Seidler, the widow of owner Peter Seidler, who passed away in 2023, has filed a lawsuit with her husband's brothers.
Local media, including the New York Times and Sportico, reported on the 7th (Korea time) that Syl Seidler has taken legal action to take control of the club. According to local reports, Syl Seidler claimed that Peter's brothers, Bob and Matt Seidler, violated their obligations as trustees of Syl. In fact, they claimed that they conspired to sell their stake in Syl at a much lower price than the market price to secure their stake in the club. 토토사이트
According to Sportico, in fact, Peter designated his wife as the team's director before his death and later criticized the brothers for disguising themselves as real heirs when he tried to inherit them to his children.
San Diego was led by Peter Seidler, who was also the only grandchild of the O'Malley family until 2023. In the name of returning the San Diego community, it continued to make aggressive investments to secure the market in the absence of competitive stocks in the region. It has consistently signed more than $100 million in contracts to players such as Eric Hosmer, Manny Machado, Darvish Yu, and Xander Bogaerts, and the teams have reached the postseason in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
However, as Peter Seidler passed away at the end of 2023, aggressive investment was temporarily suspended. To make matters worse, San Diego traded Juan Soto for a payroll reduction prior to last season due to broadcast rights issues. He has received promising players from Michael King and used some of them to acquire Dylan Sith to avoid "damage," but the financial problem seems to be ongoing.
Among them, internal strife within the owner's family occurred. According to the San Diego Padres, Matt Seidler, the trust manager, appointed John Seidler as the club's control person last year. In fact, he took issue with this as well and insisted that he be named as the manager.
If the internal feud grows, San Diego's next move will also be limited. San Diego, which reportedly spent about 169 million U.S. dollars on its team's annual salary last year, still needs to cut its finances. Closer Tanner Scott and shortstop Kim Ha-sung became free agents, but there is no significant external recruitment during the winter. Rather, he is looking into trading the ace, Sis. MLB.COM pointed out that San Diego seems to be trying nothing but to recruit Sasaki Rocky, which does not cost money.