Potential trade partner: The Miami Marlins

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesThe hot stove season is in full swing, with some anticipating a flurry of moves before baseball shuts down in December once the labor deal expires. The Royals have been known to be aggressive early under Dayton Moore, and they may be more likely to explore trades than pursuing free agents. Moore recently told Alec Lewis at The Athletic that while they’d like to pursue a starting pitcher, they may be priced out of the free agent market.

“Like always, what we’ll do in building our team is, we’ll look internally,” Moore said. “Then we’ll look to make trades. Then we’ll explore the free-agent market. … It’s going to be really difficult for us to sign a…