The info on http://doc.basic256.org/doku.php?id=en:spriteplace is incorrect, it says that spritePlace takes the any of these args:

spriteplace sprite_number, x_expr, y_expr
spriteplace (sprite_number, x_expr, y_expr)

spriteplace sprite_number, x_expr, y_expr, scale_expr
spriteplace (sprite_number, x_expr, y_expr, scale_expr)

spriteplace sprite_number, x_expr, y_expr, scale_expr, rotate_expr
spriteplace (sprite_number, x_expr, y_expr, scale_expr, rotate_expr)

These args are in the wrong order, spritePlace takes the args in the order: x_expr, y_expr, rotate_expr, scale_expr

scale_expr and rotate_expr are the ones not in the right order.

I tested this in the BASIC IDE.