Phillies have reportedly extended assistant GM Ned Rice

Citizens Bank Park has been the home of the Phillies since 2004. (Tim Kelly/Phillies Nation)If you thought that Ned Rice may get phased out in Dave Dombrowski’s front office, you were incorrect.

Rice – who served as the interim general manager between Matt Klentak’s demotion in early October and Dombrowski’s hiring in December – has received a contract extension, according to Matt Breen of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The extension is of the two-year variety, with Breen now saying that Rice is under contract through 2023.

Though he’s rarely been seen publicly, Rice joined the Phillies front office in January of 2016, and is believed to have had quite a bit of influence during the Klentak era.…