We'll have about 5M in spending slot money next year. And presumably a lesser but still significant amount the following year. In both years, we'll be prevented from signing anyone to a bonus of over 300K.
Some of our better recent signings--Acuna (100K), Isranel Wilson (350K) and Albies (350K)--have come from relatively modest bonuses. I think spreading 5M over 20 or so good but not great prospects will yield some interesting results. When you consider the age of these prospects and the risks, spreading the money around might not be a bad approach.
The other option which we might exploit is trading some of the slot money the next two years to teams that don't face restrictions on spending. The slot money is more valuable to those teams. It will be interesting to see how aggressive we are in trading the slot money.