Seidler brothers call Peter’s widow Sheel ‘reckless’ for suing while team pursued Roki Sasaki Boston 25 News [Video]

So far, the San Diego Padres’ offseason will be remembered for two things: missing out on Roki Sasaki and the start of a bareknuckle ownership fight. As it turns out, they two might be related.

That ownership fight involving former Padres chairman Peter Seidler’s widow Sheel and brothers got uglier on Monday night. In response to Sheel’s lawsuit alleging breaches of fiduciary duty and fraud, Matt Seidler, one of the brothers, filed a response with its own set of allegations.

Most notably for Padres fans, Matt Seidler painted the timing of Sheel’s lawsuit as reckless in regard to the team’s pursuit of Sasaki, a Japanese phenom with so much built-in surplus value he could have transformed its offseason.

From The Athletic:

“During a crucial time when Padres management was in late negotiation stages with a star pitcher, Sheel’s lawsuit recklessly suggested that Matt and his brothers were plotting to relocate the Padres elsewhere,” the filing read.

The phrasing of “late negotiation …