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D-backs dispel suggestion of weak farm system

"It's not true," Arizona general manager Dave Stewart said. "Look at Robbie Ray, Rubby De La Rosa and Zack Godley," Stewart said of the trio of pitchers he acquired after taking over as GM. "All of those guys pitched in the big leagues for us last year. I've tried to do what you should do, which is build youth in your pitching so that you have these guys for a long period of time. That was my goal when I got here -- to build our system, to put players back in our system and to help the development side as much as I could.