Boston Red Sox players getting custom beds for sleep room at Fenway Park

As Spring Training gets underway in earnest, we are reminded that teams and players are busy finding any and all competitive advantages possible. It appears that the Boston Red Sox are choosing to focus on one area few teams are taking very serious — sleep.

Yes, if you are a member of the Red Sox roster, you can expect the team to actually encourage you to nap. They have been serious about this for awhile now, putting up a “sleep room” at Fenway Park in the past.

However, this year the organization is apparently taking it up a notch with personalized sleep experiences for every player on the roster. Forget fitting for uniforms — the players are also busy trying out bedding equipment and looking for the ideal fit.

According to Deadspin, the Red Sox are actually working with a bedding company to sponsor the “sleep room” and have renovated the space for the upcoming season.

Expect every high profile team to have nap rooms in the next three years. Rendering of Red Sox nap room in Fenway (via @PeteAbe) pic.twitter.com/J6YhYNB7wA

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 26, 2017

Here’s how the report describes what is going on for the Red Sox players and at Fenway Park:

This means that players spent the week testing mattresses, getting fitted for pillows and choosing their personal favorites from a selection of blankets and sheets. (Hanley Ramirez, for one, realized that his mattress at home is too soft and bought a new one.) The new gear will be used to deck out a fully renovated sleep room at Fenway—oak floors, exposed brick and a variety of pillows to suit players’ preferences, compared to what was just a room with four beds last year.

While the players are going to get their naps in in style, there’s no word on if the teams are going offer the same comforts to the fans who have to suffer with nearly 4-hour games.

If MLB teams were smart, this could be another way to milk extra cash out of the fans and offer “an experience” at the ballpark. You know, like the hot tub at the Arizona Diamondbacks stadium or the Hard Rock Cafe at SkyDome in Toronto.

Our first suggestion would be to have the Minnesota Twins or the Colorado Rockies to offer that. You know, take advantage of the Target sponsorship some more on one hand and offer some high altitude sleeping on the other hand.

While this may be a first, don’t expect this to be the last in MLB clubhouses. We’re just wondering if the Chicago Cubs thought of this as they constructed the new clubhouse or if they’ll just build it in to the hotel they are building off of Wrigley Field?

Perhaps its something they’ll have to sleep on.

[Deadspin]