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A pair of San Francisco Giants greats could soon be joining several other franchise legends in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.

The 49ers are reportedly set to lose a member of their coaching staff this offseason, as former San Francisco head coach Chip Kelly has recruited an old friend to join him down at UCLA.

There was Draymond Green’s shoulder injury. There was Steph Curry’s sprained ankle. There was the end of a long road trip that took the Warriors to cities on opposite sides of the country.

The San Francisco 49ers are eager to build around quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo this offseason, but as the franchise focuses on building through free agency and the draft, general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan will have difficult decisions to make with a pair of the team’s own free agents.

It was a challenging year for families in the North Bay, so one Giants’ Minor League pitcher decided to spend the holiday season raising money for a community that lost so much.

As the Warriors prepare for their third meeting against the Mavericks this season, Omri Casspi and Andre Igoudala were ruled out for Wednesday night’s game.

Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper believes that Major League Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement is to blame for the unseasonably slow start to the hot-stove league. The new competitive balance tax now financially penalizes teams whose payrolls exceed $197 million, and can also lead to teams having to forfeit draft picks and lose international spending money. What’s more, for teams like the Giants who are repeat offenders, a 50 percent tax is placed on every dollar spent over the $197 million threshold.

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but on April 17 there will be a free baseball game. To celebrate their 50-year anniversary in Oakland, the Athletics are offering their tickets on April 17 for free.

Of the 19 49ers that are due for free agency, Matt Maiocco told John Lund and Kevin Frandsen he believes the chances of seeing Eric Reid and Carlos Hyde with San Francisco next season are slim.

It’s been easy to forget in recent weeks, but the 49ers still have a number of huge holes to fill. Here are the top five areas they need to address this offseason to make themselves a serious playoff contender in 2018.