John Mayer celebrates Mets’ ‘monumental run’ in heartfelt post after NLCS heartbreak

John Mayer wants Francisco Lindor and the 2024 New York Mets to take a bow after their “monumental run” this season.

In a heartfelt message shared Monday on Instagram, the seven-time Grammy winner spoke candidly about the inspiration he drew from Lindor and the club, which came up short against the Dodgers on Sunday, 10-5, in Game 6 of the NLCS.

“Thank you Francisco Lindor @lindor12bc. Thank you New York Mets,” Mayer, 47, began. “You never know when you’re going to find a new source of inspiration, and Francisco became that inspiration for me this year. You could see the dedication in his eyes, in his plays – you could even see it in his strikeouts; it wasn’t a case of ‘couldn’t,’ only ‘didn’t that time.’

“My Sphere concerts this summer became games in my mind. Wins were when the music was cooking, when the notes matched the intention, when the zone could be found. Every weekend was a series, and every show was a home game.”

Mayer, who performed at the Las Vegas venue with Dead & Company from May until early August, revealed how he channeled Lindor when grappling with a finger injury.

“When I injured my finger and looked down to see half the nail sheared off and bleeding, my first thought was how to play with the other three fingers. That was what Lindor would have done, and so that’s what I did,” Mayer said of the Mets’ star shortstop.

“The Mets’ talent makes them aspirational, but their humanity makes them relational. It means that it’s never out of the question what’s being done on that field could be done by you and I in our pursuits, too.

“If I had one secret of success to share with you, it’s to pick someone in life you admire and run alongside them. You don’t have to know them to decide that if they can keep going, you can keep going. And the Mets kept going.”

With the dust still settling on the end of what was a magical run, Mayer hopes Lindor and his teammates “realize that what they accomplished was enough.”

“Their monumental run was enough to unify a city, bring together families, friends, and remind us all that above all else, nothing is more powerful a force in achieving success than effort. A boring word, ‘effort.’ But it’s the only chance of good becoming great and that greatness taking hold for the long run,” he wrote.

“So thank you Francisco Lindor, and thank you to the 2024 Mets for the unbelievable adventure, the inspiration, and the reminder to never give up. It was more than enough.”