He graduated Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In 2007 he was involved in the 2007 Major League Baseball draft by the Red Sox team. After graduating, he enrolled in the Florida Atlantic University and studied there prior to signing a contract with The Red Sox which included a $325,000 signing bonus. Since that time he has played for the Greenville Drive, Gulf Coast League Red Sox, Salem Red Sox as well as for the Portland Sea Dogs, all of which are sponsored by the red sox organization

Anthony is an incredibly private person and as a result very little information on him is publicly available -  most of what is known is due to his sports teammates occasionally accidentally revealing information as well as the occasional interview in which Anthony participates - on february 14, 2018 a mass shooting had occured at stoneman douglas high school from which he had graduated, this had affected him on a personal level due to having actually been there - he gave an emotional speech at the vigil for the victims of the shooting on february 15 2018. during the speech he attributed who he was to the community in stoneman douglas high school and stated that stoneman douglas community is not alone in this and there are many others that have been similarly affected and they will make it through and become stronger for it.

Nevertheless despite Anthony being a privacy minded individual he does maintain a twitter, instagram and a facebook account personally and can be contacted there directly.

He began his professional career in the Major League Baseball by playing for the San Diego Padres team. He had a good reputation as the best power-hitting prospect in the Minor League for the Red Sox. He finally made his debut for The Padres in the 2011 during the game against the Washington Nationals team where he hit a triple and scored a run - leading to Padres scoring a 7-3 victory. The next year he was traded to the Chicago Cubs team along with Zach Cates. He played this season with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs where he once more excelled in the minor leagues, batting .342 average with 23 home runs and 62 RBIs prior to being recalled by the cubs on june 26. in 2013 Anthony signed a 7 year contract worth $41 million with the Cubs and was later named as their finalist for the National Heart and Hustle Award - he was also named the Cubs finalist for the Roberto Clemente Award.