Sabean: ‘Belt's a part of our present and future'

Giants general manager Brian Sabean made it clear that the team has noplans to trade first baseman Brandon Belt, despite his recent struggles andlimited playing time.Comcast SportsNets Jim Kozimor asked Sabean on Chronicle Live if Belt could bepart of a trade deadline deal. As of right now, no, Sabean said. Belts a part of ourpresent and future.Those words seem to suggest that Belt will be given the opportunity towork himself out of a current 3-for-30 slump over his last 12 games.Hes still a young player trying to learn at the major league level, Sabeansaid. I think hes in a mode now where hes again thinking too much andworrying about mechanics instead of just attacking the baseball.Belt has seen his playing time diminish with Buster Posey starting atfirst base when Hector Sanchez, before his injury, started at catcher.Quite frankly, with how we were mixing and matching with Posey playing firstand Sanchez catching a little bit more kind of took him out of the mix, Sabeansaid. He knows what he needs to do. Hes very capable. Hes got all the talentin the world; its just a matter of picking it up.In his second big-league season, the 24-year-old Texas native is batting .244 with a .356on-base percentage. He has four home runs and 31 RBIs in 205 at-bats and owns a6137 strikeout-to-walk ratio.