Cost of Parking Will Rise to $10

Prepare for price hikes, Dodger fans.

Parking at Dodger Stadium will cost more under new co-owner Frank McCourt’s revised business plan, a team source in Los Angeles said Monday.

Fans will be charged an extra $2 to park at the stadium, paying $10 starting with opening day April 5 against the San Diego Padres.

Parking at Dodger Stadium would still be less than at the Coliseum ($20) and Staples Center ($15 to $20), and on par with the Rose Bowl ($10) and Home Depot Center ($10) rates this season.

Moreover, team sources said, concession prices are also expected to rise for many items. A team spokesman said the concession increases are still being reviewed, but sources expect the plan to be implemented.

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Jamie McCourt, the new vice chairman, has turned up the heat from the front office to the field, saying the club should draw 4 million and qualify for the National League playoffs every season.

She said it is “crazy” that the team has not participated in postseason play since 1996, last winning a playoff game in 1988, putting even more pressure on Manager Jim Tracy, who’s in the final year of his contract.

“I’m not going to change what I do,” Tracy said Thursday after a 9-6 victory over the Florida Marlins at Holman Stadium.

“What I do know is that in the three years I’ve managed this club, with the obstacles that we faced, injuries we’ve dealt with and shortages that we’ve had, I can safely say that every club that I’ve had here since 2001 has exceeded expectations.”

Injuries, lack of payroll flexibility and poor player-personnel decisions have contributed to the Dodgers’ late-season problems under Tracy, who is 33 games above .500 in the first half (151-118), but only seven games above .500 in the second half (112-105).

Catcher Paul Lo Duca prefers McCourt’s approach.

“You can’t fault her for saying that, because she wants to win, she believes we can, and that’s what we need to do,” Lo Duca said. “I’d rather her say that than say we’re in a building process and maybe we can finish in the middle of the pack. I’d rather have high hopes and want to win.”

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Baltimore Oriole outfielder Larry Bigbie apparently is high on the list of players the Dodgers are pursuing in trade talks, sources said.

In 83 games for the Orioles last season, Bigbie, 26, batted .303 with nine home runs and 31 runs batted in and had a .365 on-base percentage. He has played in 146 games in parts of the last three seasons, batting .272 with a .339 on-base percentage.

The Orioles, sources said, would prefer to trade outfielder Jay Gibbons to the Dodgers for rotation help.

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Starter Jeff Weaver gave up eight hits and four runs in five innings for the victory. Wilson Alvarez gave up three hits and two runs in three innings, and Paul Shuey worked a scoreless ninth for the save. ... Juan Encarnacion hit a three-run home run. Jason Romano, who also homered, and Joe Thurston had two hits each to pace a 10-hit attack. ... Infielder Robin Ventura sat out Thursday’s game after receiving a cortisone injection in his arthritic right ankle.

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Times staff writer Ross Newhan contributed to this report.