  Based on the recent phenomenological analysis done by M. Mojzis, Eur. Phys.
Jour. {\bf C2} (1998) 182, of $\pi N $ scattering within the framework of Heavy
Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory we predict, after a suitable unitarization of
the amplitude, the $\Delta$ resonance at $\sqrt{s} = M_\Delta = 1238
\er{22}{18}{\rm MeV} $ and with a width of $ \Gamma_\Delta = 150 \er{43}{31}
{\rm MeV} $ in excellent agreement with the experimental numbers. The error
bars reflect only the uncertainties in the low energy parameters as determined
from an extrapolation to threshold of experimental data. We also describe
satisfactorily, within errors, the phase shifts up to $\sqrt{s} \sim 1300 {\rm
MeV} $.
