Major League Baseball owners unanimously voted to approve John Seidler as the San Diego Padres' new control person on Thursday, commissioner Rob Manfred told reporters.

If appointed, John Seidler will simultaneously succeed Matt Seidler as trustee and Eric Kutsenda as Padres chairman. Seidler, 65, could soon oversee a team that won 93 games last season and took the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink in the National League Division Series.

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. “We’re looking forward to continued stewardship of the Padres by a member of the Seidler family,