Ivan Nova and the Yankees have agreed to a $4.1 million, one-year contract and avoided salary arbitration.

The agreement Thursday was $100,000 under the midpoint: Nova had asked for $4.6 million in arbitration and the Yankees had offered $3.8 million. He can make the $100,000 back in performance bonuses.

Nova is sixth on the Yankees’ starting pitching depth chart, behind a projected rotation of Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda, Nathan Eovaldi, CC Sabathia and Luis Severino.

The 29-year-old right-hander returned to the Yankees last June 24 after Tommy John surgery and went 6-11 with a 5.07 ERA in 17 starts. He is 46-33 with a 4.33 ERA in parts of six major league seasons and can become a free agent after this year’s World Series.

Nova had a $3.3 million salary in each of the past two seasons.