The Brewers didn’t make much noise at the winter meetings. Here’s what it means going forward.

The St. Louis Cardinals signed the top catcher on the market. The Chicago Cubs dropped a chunk of change on a frontline starting pitcher and a bet that a former MVP outfielder would regain his old form. The rest of the league as a whole pushed its spending on free agents this offseason north of $2 billion.

The Major League Baseball winter…