Sam Miller is a smarter person than me, and the most recent example of this came in an episode of Effectively Wild this week. The topic was the invent of a week off, a “vacation” of sorts for every player on the MLB roster. Sam happens to think that this would be a net benefit for players for a variety of reasons, and I think the Yankees in particular would benefit from a program like this.
Mandated time off is a concept that has picked up momentum in the private sector. The last job I had before starting my Masters program had a policy that every full-time worker had to take one full work week off in vacation each calendar year.