This is the only time the word "engaged" or any form of that word, is noted in MLB rules:
BENCH OR DUGOUT is the seating facilities reserved for players, substitutes and other team members in uniform when they are not actively engaged on the playing field.
What you defined is clearly a blocked ball in all games with which I am familiar (U-trip not one of them).
Whether it is INT is purely up to the umpire and I do not believe it is absolute.
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