Central Florida high school baseball players continue to shine on the diamond as the state playoffs got underway last week. Schools from across the area competed in best-of-3 first-round series to determine advancement in their respective classifications.

There were plenty of great performances last week on the local diamonds, and high school sports reporter Rich Garven takes a look at 24 of the best of them for readers to vote on for the Hometeam baseball player of the week.