Kansas City, Mo. ? Kansas City manager Trey Hillman hasn’t put a whole lot of thought into job security, certainly hasn’t lost any sleep over it. He’s been too busy trying to get the Royals headed in the right direction.

But when general manager Dayton Moore said Hillman would be back in 2010 despite the team’s struggles this season, well, that was definitely good news.

“It’s very nice to have a boss that believes in you, believes in your track record, believes in what you do regardless of what the record is this season,” Hillman said.

Hillman wasn’t with the team most of the week. His father-in-law died on Monday and he had been with family before rejoining the team before Friday’s game.

While he was gone, Moore said he believed in Hillman despite the team’s first-to-worst spiral, saying injuries and subpar seasons by key players were more to blame than anything the manager did in the dugout.