 However, the 2011 club finished 20 games under .500, despite the acquisitions of slugger Carlos Peña and pitcher Matt Garza.Weeks after the season 2011 season came to an end, hope returned to the club in the form of a new club philosophy as owner Tom Ricketts fired GM Jim Hendry and signed Theo Epstein away from the Boston Red Sox, naming him club President and giving him a five-year contract worth over $18 million.Epstein, a proponent of sabremetrics and one of the architects of the 2004 and 2007 World Series championships in Boston, brought along Jed Hoyer to fill the role of GM and hired Dale Sveum as manager.