"The Yankees still are waiting on Andy, but they have landed Andruw.

The Yanks settled on a righthanded-hitting fourth outfielder, coming to terms with five-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner Andruw Jones on a one-year contract worth $2 million guaranteed pending a physical, a major-league source confirmed Thursday.

Jones, who first emerged as a potential star as a 19-year-old rookie against the Yankees for Atlanta in the 1996 World .Series, will replace Marcus Thames, who agreed to terms with the Dodgers on Monday, as the primary righty bat off Joe Girardi's bench.

"I think at this point, he's going to have to prove himself in the major leagues to get (a starting job)," agent Scott Boras said Wednesday. "Right now, the opportunities that are available to him are more in the realm of being a guy that can play all three outfield positions and be a fourth outfielder."

Jones, who will turn 34 in April, batted .230 with 19 home runs and 48 RBI in just 328 plate appearances for the White Sox last season. He has slipped from a surefire Hall of Fame track early in his career, batting just .212 over the past four seasons since belting a career-best 51 homers in 2005 and 41 more in '06. Still, the Yanks considered Jones a better complement to their current starting outfield - lefty-swinging Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson and switch-hitting Nick Swisher - than another Boras client, ex-Yank Johnny Damon. Jones has 407 career home runs and is capable of manning all three outfield spots."