Another close one with 7-5 in favor of buyouts.
Becuase there was not enough disscusion and some do prefer no discount or buyout at all, will make the change to variation of Brent's idea which gained support.
Contract may be bought out at full guaranteed value, but can be paind in lump sum in 1 year or spread out at GM's discretion among remaing years. Using the mention example of Bobby Bonilla $5.0M(2023)
Total buyout is $25M (5 years x $5M/yr). GM may pay full 25m in any single season, or any sort of combination among years remaining.
Something random like 0.3m cap hit 2020, 2.7 cap hit 2021 and remaining 22m in 2023 season would be valid.
Keep in mind, a player on expiring deal is simply going open roster spot but have full cap hit count in the given season.
For anyone who doesn't see this will mention all polls are resolved in next PM with emphasis on this one and additional extension. We should hopefully all be on same page once draft starts.